Leptagrostis

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Leptagrostis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Arundinoideae
Tribe: Molinieae
Genus: Leptagrostis
C.E.Hubb.
Species:
L. schimperiana
Binomial name
Leptagrostis schimperiana
Synonyms [1]
  • Calamagrostis schimperianaHochst.

Leptagrostis is a genus of bunchgrasses in the tribe Molinieae of the grass family, Poaceae, native to eastern Africa. [2] [3] [4]

The only known species is Leptagrostis schimperiana. It is endemic to Ethiopia. [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hubbard, Charles Edward 1937. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1937: 63
  3. Hubbard, Charles Edward 1940. Kew Bulletin 1939: 645 — Leptagrostis schimperiana.
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora: Leptagrostis schimperiana
  5. Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. (Leptagrostis schimperiana); The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala