Leptochloa

Leptochloa digitata

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: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Leptochloa
Species: L. anisopoda – L. asthenes – L. barbata – L. chloridiformis – L. crinita – L. digitata – L. exilis – L. longa – L. malayana – L. monticola – L. pluriflora – L. tectoneticola – L. virgata

Name

• Leptochloa P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812)
• Type species: Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Leptostachys G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 73 (1818), nom. superfl.
  • Diacisperma Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 1: 169 (1903), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Rabdochloa P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 84 (1812).
  • Oxydenia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 76 (1818).
  • Diachroa Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 147 (1835 publ. 1837).
  • Trichloris E.Fourn. ex Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 102 (1881)
  • Baldomiria Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940).
  • Chloropsis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 771 (1891).
  • Leptochloris Munro ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 771 (1891), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Andaman Is., Burundi, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Hawaii, Malawi, Massachusetts, Mozambique, Namibia, New York, Nicobar Is., Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. lxxiv + 182+ 16 pp. + xxv pl., Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 71, pl. 15, f. 1.

Additional references

• 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. 
• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Snow, N. & Johnson, G. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany 109: 1317–1329. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs112 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64(3): 445–467. DOI: 10.12705/643.5 Full text (with link to PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Leptochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 May 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Leptochloa. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Leptochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• مصرى: حيش
• العربية: حيش
• English: Sprangletop
• עברית: דו-מוץ
• 한국어: : 드렁새속
• മലയാളം: ലെപ്റ്റോക്ലോവ
• svenska: Spretgräs
• 中文: 千金子属

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