Steirachne

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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Steirachne is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28799814#page/915/mode/1up Ekman, Erik Leonard. 1911. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(17): 35-38] descriptions in Latin, commentary in German, line drawings and schematic diagrams of flowers of Steirachne diandra[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28799814#page/942/mode/1up Ekman, Erik Leonard. 1911. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(17): plate 5, figure 1] photo of inflorescence of Steirachne diandra; scroll down for another photo on plate 6, figure 17[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004814 Tropicos, Steirachne Ekman ][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00606.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=444589 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, CaracasJudziewicz, E. J. 1990. Family 187. Poaceae (Gramineae). 8: 1–727. In A. R. A. Görts-van Rijn (ed.) Flora of the Guianas. Series A, Phanerogams. Koeltz Scientific Books, KönigsteinRenvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

• Steirachne barbata (Trin.) Renvoize - Brazil (Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Minas Gerais), Guyana (Rupununi), Venezuela (Guárico, Apure, Bolívar)
• Steirachne diandra Ekman - Brazil (Pará, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Maranhão), Venezuela (Guárico, Apure, Bolívar)