Stapfochloa elata

Stapfochloa elata
	Seedheads
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Stapfochloa
Species:	S. elata
Binomial name
	Stapfochloa elata; (Desv.) P.M.Peterson (2015)
Synonyms
	Synonymy Andropogon barbatusL. (1759); Andropogon polydactylosL. (1763), nom. superfl.; Chloris arundinaceaNees ex Steud. (1854); Chloris barbata(L.) Nash (1898), nom. illeg.; Chloris breviaristata(Hack.) Herter (1940); Chloris consanguineaKunth (1829), nom. nud.; Chloris dandyanaC.D.Adams (1971); Chloris dandyana var. breviaristata(Hack.) A.M.Molina & Rúgolo (2004); Chloris dandyana var. stolonifera(Parodi) A.M.Molina & Rúgolo (2004); Chloris elataDesv. (1831) (basionym) ; Chloris polydactylaSw. (1788), nom. superfl.; Chloris polydactyla var. breviaristataHack. (1900); Chloris polydactyla f. stoloniferaParodi (1953); Miscanthus polydactylosVoss (1895), nom. superfl.; Saccharum polydactylonThunb. (1784), nom. superfl.;

Last updated June 29, 2025

Stapfochloa elata (synonym Chloris elata) is a species of grass known by the common name tall windmill grass.

It is native to:

North America, in the U.S. state of Florida (within southern Florida)
Islands of the Caribbean, on Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua), Cuba, Hispaniola
Central America in Honduras
South America, in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay ^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
↑ Stapfochloa elata (Desv.) P.M.Peterson. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
↑ "Stapfochloa elata". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
↑ USDA: Chloris elata

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[1] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[powo-2] Stapfochloa elata (Desv.) P.M.Peterson. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 29 May 2024.

[3] "Stapfochloa elata". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[4] USDA: Chloris elata

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Taxon identifiers
Stapfochloa elata	Wikidata: Q25360151 Wikispecies: Stapfochloa elata BOLD: 1121232 CoL: 6ZGMV GBIF: 9485703 iNaturalist: 969793 IPNI: 60469006-2 NCBI: 433856 Open Tree of Life: 551995 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60469006-2 Tropicos: 100436143 WFO: wfo-0001330200
Chloris elata	Wikidata: Q13901350 AoFP: 1145 BOLD: 550465 CoL: 69WPH EoL: 1115312 GBIF: 5289609 GrassBase: imp02207 GRIN: 452828 iNaturalist: 160525 IPNI: 395870-1 IRMNG: 10961914 ITIS: 501498 NatureServe: 2.133221 Plant List: kew-404769 PLANTS: CHEL3 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395870-1 Tropicos: 25526776 WFO: wfo-0000859498

Stapfochloa elata

Seedheads
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Stapfochloa
Species:	S. elata
Binomial name
*Stapfochloa elata* (Desv.) P.M.Peterson (2015)
Synonyms ^[2]
Synonymy Andropogon barbatusL. (1759) Andropogon polydactylosL. (1763), nom. superfl. Chloris arundinaceaNees ex Steud. (1854) Chloris barbata(L.) Nash (1898), nom. illeg. Chloris breviaristata(Hack.) Herter (1940) Chloris consanguineaKunth (1829), nom. nud. Chloris dandyanaC.D.Adams (1971) Chloris dandyana var. breviaristata(Hack.) A.M.Molina & Rúgolo (2004) Chloris dandyana var. stolonifera(Parodi) A.M.Molina & Rúgolo (2004) Chloris elataDesv. (1831) (basionym) Chloris polydactylaSw. (1788), nom. superfl. Chloris polydactyla var. breviaristataHack. (1900) Chloris polydactyla f. stoloniferaParodi (1953) Miscanthus polydactylosVoss (1895), nom. superfl. Saccharum polydactylonThunb. (1784), nom. superfl.