Leptochloa

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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]
  • BaldomiriaHerter
  • DiachroaNutt.
  • LeptostachysG.Mey.
  • OxydeniaNutt.
  • RabdochloaP.Beauv.

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 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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