Leersia
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Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.[1][2]
The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774).[11]
- Species[12]
- Leersia angustifolia Prodoehl - Sudan
- Leersia denudata Launert - from Kenya to Cape Province
- Leersia drepanothrix Stapf - from Guinea to Uganda
- Leersia friesii Melderis - from Uganda to Botswana
- Leersia hexandra Sw. - Africa, Eurasia, Australian, North + South America, various islands
- Leersia japonica (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea
- Leersia lenticularis Michx. - central + eastern USA
- Leersia ligularis Trin. - Latin America + West Indies from Coahuila to Paraguay
- Leersia monandra Sw. - Texas, Florida, Mexico, West Indies
- Leersia nematostachya Launert - Cameroon, Angola, Zambia
- Leersia oncothrix C.E.Hubb. - Zambia
- Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. - Eurasia (from Azores to Primorye), North America (Canada, USA, northeastern Mexico)
- Leersia perrieri (A.Camus) Launert - Madagascar
- Leersia sayanuka Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
- Leersia stipitata Bor - Thailand
- Leersia tisserantii (A.Chev.) Launert - from Guinea to Namibia
- Leersia triandra C.E.Hubb. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon
- Leersia virginica Willd. - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA
- formerly included[12]
see Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya
- Leersia aristata - Hygroryza aristata
- Leersia digitaria - Digitaria ciliaris
- Leersia disticha - Megastachya mucronata
- Leersia hispida - Arthraxon hispidus
- Leersia latifolia - Maltebrunia leersioides
References
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- ↑ Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 21 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Leersia Sw.
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 184 假稻属 jia dao shu Leersia Solander ex Swartz, Prodr. 21. 1788.
- ↑ Flora of Pakistan
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere leersia Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Leersia Sw. Cutgrass
- ↑ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Pohl, R. W. & G. Davidse. 1994. 25. Leersia Sw., nom. cons. 6: 221–222. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- ↑ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
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