Leersia virginica

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 virginica

Homotypic
- Asprella virginica (Willd.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 2, 153 (1812).
- Leersia oryzoides var. virginica (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 328 (1813).
- Homalocenchrus virginicus (Willd.) Britton, Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 9: 14 (1889).
Heterotypic
- Leersia imbricata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 329 (1813).
- Leersia ovata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 329 (1813).
- Asprella imbricata (Poir.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 268 (1817).
- Asprella ovata (Poir.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 267 (1817).
- Aplexia virgata Raf., Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 220 (1830), pro syn.
- Leersia virgata Raf., Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 220 (1830), orth. var.
- Homalocenchrus ovatus (Poir.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891).
- Aplexia virginica Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1893), pro syn.
- Leersia virginica var. brasiliensis Ekman, Ark. Bot. 13(10): 37 (1913).
- Leersia virginica var. ovata (Poir.) Fernald, Rhodora 38: 385 (1936).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Central & Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Regional: Canada
  - Ontario, Québec
- Introduced into:
  - Brazil South

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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. 2022. Leersia virginica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Leersia virginica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 19. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Leersia virginica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Leersia virginica. Published online. Accessed: September 19 2022. Reference page.