Stephanachne

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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Stephanachne is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.Keng, Yi Li. 1934. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China : Botanical Series 9(2): 134[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005687 Tropicos, Stephanachne Keng][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00608.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=131429 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 189 冠毛草属 guan mao cao shu Stephanachne Keng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc. Advancem. Sci., Sect. Bot. 9(2): 134. 1934. ] It contains a single species, Stephanachne nigrescens, a perennial grass native to north-central, south-central, and western China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, and Sichuan).{{cite web |title=Stephanachne nigrescens Keng |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423055-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=14 May 2025}}

Formerly placed here

  • Pappagrostis pappophorea {{small|(Hack.) Roshev.}} (as Stephanachne monandra {{small|(P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu}} and S. pappophorea {{small|(Hack.) Keng}})

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