Poaceae

Leptochloa P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is America, S. Indo-China to Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Western Australia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Cyprus, Ghana, Hawaii, India, Japan, Laos, Massachusetts, New Guinea, New York, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • P. Beauv., Ess. Nouv. Agrost. 166 (1812).

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ess. Agrost. 71 (1812).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ess. Agrostogr.: 71, t. 15/1 (1812).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 71, t. 15/1 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 31, 1997 Wight [s.n.] India K000032494 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1963 Leau, B. [50] Mali K000212174 Yes
Nov 1, 1963 Hagerup, O. [444] Mali K000212175 Yes
Nov 1, 1963 Chevalier, A.J.B. [4] Mali K000212173 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3805] India K001117253 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3805] Burma K001117252 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ule, E. [5888] Brazil K001101439 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [S.n.] Brazil K003628957 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [1272] Brazil K001101437 Yes
Gardner [1183] Brazil K000001344 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [24] Mali K000212176 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3805] India K001117250 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3805] Burma K001117251 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3804] India K001117249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki, E.R., Jr. [2552] Brazil K001101441 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [72] Brazil K001101435 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8895] K001131790 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ule, E. [5888] Brazil K001101440 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3806] India K001117255 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce [424] Brazil K001101438 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [70] Brazil K001101436 Yes
Gardner [1183A] Brazil K000001343 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8895] K001131789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5918] Brazil K001101442 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3805] India K001117254 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peterson, P.; annable, C.R.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [10006] Mexico Trichloris K001871691 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0