Leersia sayanuka

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Oryzoideae
Tribus: Oryzeae
Subtribus: Oryzinae
Genus: Leersia
Species: Leersia sayanuka

Leersia sayanuka Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 36 (1938)

Heterotypic
- Homalocenchrus oryzoides var. japonicus (Hack.) Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 35 (1925)
- Leersia hackelii Keng in Sinensia 11: 412 (1940)
- Leersia oryzoides var. japonica Hack. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 11: 443 (1897)
- Leersia oryzoides subsp. japonica (Hack.) T.Koyama in Grass. Japan: 514 (1987)
- Leersia oryzoides var. latifolia Honda in Monogr. Poac. Japon.: 8 (1930)
- Leersia oryzoides f. latifolia (Honda) Ohwi in Fl. Jap., ed. rev.: 56 (1965)
- Leersia sayanuka var. latifolia (Honda) Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 37 (1938)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asi-temperate Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea Regional: Indo-China Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Ohwi, J. 1938. Symbolae ad Floram Asiae Orientalis 17. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 7(3): 129–138. (Latin & Japanese) DOI: 10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00002594488 Reference page. : 39: 35

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Leersia sayanuka in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 October 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Leersia sayanuka. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 October 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Leersia sayanuka. Published online. Accessed: October 06 2025. Reference page.