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Leptochloa

Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.[5][6]

Sprangletops
Leptochloa digitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Leptochloa
P.Beauv.[1]
Type species
Leptochloa virgata
Synonyms[4]
  • Baldomiria Herter
  • Diachroa Nutt.
  • Leptostachys G.Mey.
  • Oxydenia Nutt.
  • Rabdochloa P.Beauv.

Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.[1][7]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (leptos), meaning "thin," and χλοα (chloa), meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.[8][9]

Species[4][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Formerly included[4]

see Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trichloris Trigonochloa Tripogon

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Leptochloa P. Beauv". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-02-27. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  2. ^ lectotype designated by Niles & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. 24(6): 180 (1925)
  3. ^ Tropicos, Leptochloa P. Beauv.
  4. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 71 description in Latin, commentary in French
  6. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure I (1 a-d) line drawings of Leptochloa virgata, identified in captions on page 10
  7. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Leptochloa P.Beauv. Sprangletop
  8. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 1197. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
  9. ^ Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, N. W. Snow & G. Johnson. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany (Oxford), n.s. 109: 1317–1329
  10. ^ "Leptochloa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  11. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Leptochloa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  12. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 469 千金子属 qian jin zi shu Leptochloa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 71. 1812.
  13. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 distribution maps
  14. ^ Costa e Silva, M. B. & J. Rodriguez M. 2007. Os gêneros Sporobolus e Leptochloa (Poaceae-Chloridoideae) em Pernambuco, Brasil. Rodriguésia 58(1): 147–157
  15. ^ Pohl, R. W. & G. Davidse. 1994. 80. Leptochloa P. Beauv. 6: 260–261. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

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