''Stapfochloa'' is a

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. It is also in the subfamily ''

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'', and the ''

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'' tribe. Its native range is from

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(USA) and Mexico, to tropical and subtropical South America (within the countries of Argentina, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands) and also tropical Africa (within Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda). The genus name of ''Stapfochloa'' is in honour of Otto Stapf (1857–1933), an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist. It was first described and published in Willdenowia Vol.34 on page 131 in 2004.

Accepted species

According to Kew; The genus is recognized by the

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and the

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, they only list the following species; ''Stapfochloa berroi'', ''Stapfochloa canterae'', ''Stapfochloa ciliata'', ''Stapfochloa elata'' and ''Stapfochloa lamproparia''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q25413118 Chloridoideae Poaceae genera Plants described in 2004 Flora of Texas Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of the Caribbean Flora of northern South America Flora of Bolivia Flora of Colombia Flora of Brazil Flora of Argentina Flora of Burkina Faso Flora of Mali Flora of Mauritania Flora of Cameroon Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa