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Sprangletop

Leptochloa

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Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of several to many racemes, arranged on a central axis. Spikelets 1-several-flowered, laterally flattened, disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets. Glumes persistent, membranous, 1-nerved, shorter than the spikelet. Lemmas 3-nerved, obtuse or 2-toothed at the apex, sometimes mucronate, rarely with a short awn.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leptochloa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=156
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Leptochloa

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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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 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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Leptochloa: Brief Summary

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

Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.

The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (leptos), meaning "thin," and χλοα (chloa), meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.

Species Leptochloa aquatica Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. - Australia Leptochloa barbata (Desv.) Nicora - Paraguay, Argentina Leptochloa caudata (K.Schum.) N.W.Snow - East Africa Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees – Asian sprangletop, Chinese sprangletop - eastern + southeastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, eastern + southern Africa Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi – Argentine sprangletop - Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay Leptochloa coerulescens Steud. - Africa Leptochloa decipiens (R.Br.) Stapf ex Maiden – Australian sprangletop - Australia Leptochloa digitata (R.Br.) Domin - Australia Leptochloa divaricatissima S.T.Blake - Australia Leptochloa ligulata Lazarides - Queensland Leptochloa longa Griseb. - Panama, Trinidad Leptochloa malayana (C.E.Hubb.) Jansen ex Veldkamp - Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia Leptochloa monticola Chase - Hispaniola Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth - south-central USA, Mesoamerica, Bermuda, Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos Leptochloa nealleyi Vasey - Mexico, southern USA (Arizona, Texas, Louisiana) Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. - Australia, Maluku, Java, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi – mucronate sprangletop - Americas incl West Indies; tropical + subtropical Asia; naturalised in Africa, Australia etc. Leptochloa panicoides (J.Presl) Hitchc. - central + southeastern USA, Mesoamerica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil Leptochloa scabra Nees - from Alabama to Paraguay Leptochloa simoniana N.Snow - New Guinea, Queensland Leptochloa southwoodii N.Snow & B.K.Simon - Queensland Leptochloa squarrosa Pilg. - Tanzania (incl. Pemba), Comoros, Madagascar Leptochloa srilankensis N.Snow - Sri Lanka Leptochloa tectoneticola (Backer) Jansen ex Veldkamp - Cambodia, Thailand, Java Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv. – tropic sprangletop - from South Carolina to Paraguay Leptochloa viscida (Scribn.) Beal - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua Formerly included

see Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trichloris Trigonochloa Tripogon

Leptochloa acuminata - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis Leptochloa albemarlensis - Trichoneura lindleyana Leptochloa appletonii - Coelachyrum yemenicum Leptochloa arabica - Dinebra retroflexa Leptochloa arenaria - Trichoneura mollis Leptochloa bipinnata - Desmostachya bipinnata Leptochloa brandegeei - Enteropogon brandegeei Leptochloa burchellii - Gymnopogon burchellii Leptochloa calycina - Dinebra retroflexa Leptochloa ciliata - Trichoneura ciliata Leptochloa contracta - Diplachne fusca Leptochloa coromandelina - Dinebra retroflexa Leptochloa crinita - Trichloris crinita Leptochloa cynosuroides - Chloris filiformis Leptochloa digitatiformis - Disakisperma dubium Leptochloa dubia - Disakisperma dubium Leptochloa eleusine - Disakisperma eleusine Leptochloa falcata - Pogonarthria squarrosa Leptochloa fascicularis - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis Leptochloa fusca - Diplachne fusca Leptochloa gigantea - Diplachne gigantea Leptochloa ginae - Diplachne fusca Leptochloa gracilis - Trigonochloa uniflora Leptochloa grandiglumis - Trichoneura grandiglumis Leptochloa hirta - Bouteloua disticha Leptochloa hookeri - Trichoneura lindleyana Leptochloa imbricata - Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia Leptochloa laurentii - Trigonochloa uniflora Leptochloa lindleyana - Trichoneura lindleyana Leptochloa loliiformis - Tripogon loliiformis Leptochloa longiglumis - Trichoneura mollis Leptochloa malabarica - Diplachne fusca Leptochloa maritima - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis Leptochloa marlothii - Pogonarthria squarrosa Leptochloa marquisensis - Dinebra marquisensis Leptochloa mexicana - Gouinia mexicana Leptochloa mollis - Trichoneura mollis Leptochloa monostachya - Enteropogon monostachyos Leptochloa muelleri - Diplachne fusca subsp. muelleri Leptochloa neuroglossa - Diplachne fusca Leptochloa obtusiflora Hochst. - Disakisperma obtusiflorum Leptochloa obtusiflora Steud. - Disakisperma dubium Leptochloa palmeri - Gouinia virgata Leptochloa panicoides Wight ex Steud. not (J.Presl) Hitchc. - Arundinella leptochloa Leptochloa parviflora - Diplachne fusca Leptochloa patens - Disakisperma dubium Leptochloa pectinata - Eleusine indica Leptochloa phleoidea - Rostraria cristata Leptochloa plectostachya - Cynodon plectostachyus Leptochloa plumosa - Leptocarydion vulpiastrum Leptochloa pluriflora - Trichloris pluriflora Leptochloa polygama - Gouinia virgata Leptochloa polystachya - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis Leptochloa pringlei - Disakisperma dubium Leptochloa racemosa - Acrachne racemosa Leptochloa rigida - Eragrostis sessilispica Leptochloa rupestris - Trigonochloa rupestris Leptochloa schimperiana - Acrachne racemosa Leptochloa setacea - Tripogon leptophyllus Leptochloa spicata - Tripogon spicatus Leptochloa tracyi - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis Leptochloa uniflora - Trigonochloa uniflora Leptochloa uninervia - Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia Leptochloa verticillata - Acrachne racemosa Leptochloa virletii - Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia Leptochloa wightiana - Myriostachya wightiana Leptochloa xerophila - Dinebra xerophila Leptochloa yemensis - Disakisperma obtusiflorum
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