Leersia

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Leersia hexandra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Oryzoideae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Subtribe: Oryzinae
Genus: Leersia
Sw. 1788 not Hedw. ex Batsch 1802 (moss in family Encalyptaceae)
Type species
Leersia oryzoides
(L.) Sw.
Synonyms [1]
  • HomalocenchrusMieg
  • EhrhartiaWeber
  • AsprellaSchreb.
  • AplexiaRaf.
  • EndodiaRaf.
  • BlepharochloaEndl.
  • PseudoryzaGriff.

Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses. [2] [3]

The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774). [12]

Species [1]
formerly included [1]

see Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 21 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Leersia Sw.
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 184 假稻属 jia dao shu Leersia Solander ex Swartz, Prodr. 21. 1788.
  5. ↑ Flora of Pakistan
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere leersia Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Leersia Sw. Cutgrass
  8. ↑ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ↑ Pohl, R. W. & G. Davidse. 1994. 25. Leersia Sw., nom. cons. 6: 221–222. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  11. ↑ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  12. ↑ "Ada Hayden Herbarium - Iowa State University, rice cutgrass (cutgrass), Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2015-02-21.

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