Stenotaphrum secundatum (Introduced)

Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 1891. (Syn: Diastemanthe platystachys Steud.; Ischaemum secundatum Walter; Rottboellia dimidiata Thunb.; Rottboellia paleacea Steud. ex Döll [Invalid]; Rottboellia stolonifera Poir.; Rottboellia tripsacoides Lam.; Stenotaphrum americanum Schrank; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. a Brongn.; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. americanum (Schrank) Hack.; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. b Brongn.; Stenotaphrum dimidiatum var. secundatum (Walter) Domin; Stenotaphrum glabrum var. americanum (Schrank) Döll; Stenotaphrum glabrum var. glabrum ; Stenotaphrum sarmentosum Nees [Illegitimate]; Stenotaphrum secundatum var. secundatum ; Stenotaphrum secundatum var. variegatum Hitchc.);

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SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Tropical Africa to Chad: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Tennessee, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Virginia, Windward Is., Zaïre; Introduced into: Algeria, Ascension, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Burkina, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Galápagos, Greece, Guinea, Gulf States, Hawaii, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Swaziland, Tasmania, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Grass for ID – 211012 – RK2:
Pics taken in Lalbagh, Bangalore – 14/10/12 at 10am.

you getting into grass too!

a useful genre but difficult for me
hope … and his group sees this before long
then you’ll have the answers

I am trying, but wild guess….. Hemarthria (Rottboellia) species?

This is Stenotaphrum secundatum also called St. Augustine grass, a popular lawn grass which grows well under shade. The inflorescence is secund, which means all the spikelets are arranged only on one side of the rachis. There is another indigenous grass species found in the coastal areas of India, called Stenotaphrum dimidiatum, which looks similar. However, since this photo is from Lalbagh, it should be the exotic species S.secundatum.

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Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze,
ornamental shade grass from a garden lawn