''Steyermarkochloa'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

.Judziewicz, E. J. 1990. ''Steyermarkochloa angustifolia'' (Sprengel) Judziewicz, a new combination (Poaceae-Arundinoideae-Steyermarkochloeae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 77(1): 204
/ref> The only known species is ''Steyermarkochloa angustifolia'' , which is native to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

( Guainía), Venezuela ( Amazonas), and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

( Amazonas). The genus name of ''Steyermarkochloa'' is in honour of

Julian Alfred Steyermark Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...

(1909–1988), an American botanist. The Latin

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

of ''angustifolia'' is a compound word, with 'angusti-' derived from ''angustatus'' meaning narrowed and 'folia' meaning flower. The genus was first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.71 on page 995 in 1985. Then the species was first published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.77 on page 204 in 1990.

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Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Panicoideae Flora of the Amazon Grasses of South America Grasses of Brazil Monotypic Poaceae genera Plants described in 1985 Flora of Colombia Flora of Venezuela Flora of North Brazil {{Panicoideae-stub