Leptochloa Explained

Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.^[3]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words leptos, meaning "thin," and chloa, meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.^{[4] [5]}

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted 14 species:^[6]

• Leptochloa anisopoda (B.L.Rob.) P.M.Peterson
• Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia
• Leptochloa barbata (Desv.) Nicora – Paraguay, Argentina
• Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi
• Leptochloa crinita (Lag.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Leptochloa digitata (R.Br.) Domin – Australia
• Leptochloa exilis (Renvoize) P.M.Peterson
• 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 pluriflora (E.Fourn.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Leptochloa tectoneticola (Backer) Jansen ex Veldkamp – Cambodia, Thailand, Java
• Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv.  - tropic sprangletop – from South Carolina to Paraguay

Former species

Species formerly placed in Leptochloa include:^[7]
(See Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trigonochloa Tripogon.)

External links

• • Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394150#page/155/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 71
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394150#page/300/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure I (1 a-d)
3. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:575470 Atlas of Living Australia, Leptochloa P.Beauv. Sprangletop
4. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Grasses . II E-O . 978-0-8493-1303-5 . 2006 . CRC Press . 1197.
5. 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
6. Leptochloa P.Beauv... 18378-1. 2024-11-19. cs1.
7. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=422218 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families