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]
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 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 includedsee 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