Alexfloydia

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}}

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Alexfloydia is a genus of perennial stoloniferous grasses in the panic grass subfamily of the Poaceae grass family.{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/alexfloy.htm|title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}Simon, B.K. 1992. Studies in Australian grasses 6. Alexfloydia, Cliffordiochloa and Dallwatsonia, three new panicoid grass genera from Eastern Australia. Austrobaileya 3:669-681.

This genus is endemic to coastal eastern New South Wales in Australia.

There is one known species, Alexfloydia repens.{{cite web

|title=Alexfloydia

|publisher=The Grass Genera of the World

|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/alexfloy.htm

|accessdate=2008-04-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080514071729/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/alexfloy.htm| archivedate= 14 May 2008 | url-status= live}} This genus was named in honour of the species discoverer, Australian botanist Alexander Floyd (1926-2022).{{cite web

|title=Alexander G. Floyd (1926 - 2022)

|publisher=Australian National Herbarium

|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/floyd-alexander-geoffrey.html

|accessdate=2008-04-02}}[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:410487# Atlas of Living Australia, Alexfloydia B.K.Simon]