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Stapfochloa

not marked as a favorite taxon Stapfochloa H. Scholz.

A genus of 6-7 species, perennial herbs, of the New World tropics and 1 species in Africa. The species placed here in Stapfochloa, following Peterson, Romaschenko, & Herrera Arrieta (2015) and Wipff & Shaw (2018a), have traditionally been included in Chloris, but form a clade sister to Cynodon.

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References: Molina & Rúgolo de Agrasar (2004); Peterson, Romaschenko, & Herrera Arrieta (2015); Wipff & Shaw (2018a). Show full citations.

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