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. Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops. The generic name is derived from the

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s. ; SpeciesPohl, 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.. * '' Leptochloa aquatica'' Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico * ''

Leptochloa asthenes ''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''), me ...

'' (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. - Australia * ''

Leptochloa barbata ''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''), me ...

'' (Desv.) Nicora - Paraguay, Argentina * '' Leptochloa caudata'' (K.Schum.) N.W.Snow - East Africa * ''

Leptochloa chinensis ''Leptochloa chinensis'', commonly known as red sprangletop, Asian sprangletop, or Chinese sprangletop, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a serious weed of rice. It is native to regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Places it ...

'' (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 ''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Americas, American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops. The generic name is derived from the Greek language, Greek ...

'' (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 ''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Americas, American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops. The generic name is derived from the Greek language, Greek ...

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), 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 ''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''), me ...

'' (Scribn.) Beal - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua ; Formerly included see ''

Arundinella ''Arundinella'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.Phipps, J. B. 1967. Studies in the Arundinelleae (Gramineae). V. The series of the genus ''Arundinella''. Canadian Journal of Bot ...

Acrachne

Bouteloua ''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths ...

Chloris Coelachyrum

Cynodon ''Cynodon'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World, as well as being cultivated and naturalized in the New World and on many oceanic islands. The genus name comes from Gre ...

Desmostachya ''Desmostachya'' is a genus of grass in the family Poaceae. Taxonomy The genus ''Desmostachya'' was originally published as ''Eragrostis'' sect. ''Desmostachya'' in ''The Flora of British India'' 7: 324. 1897. Somehow two prominent botanists, Jo ...

Dinebra ''Dinebra'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Dinebra haareri'' (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Kenya, Tanzania * '' Dinebra marquisensis'' (F.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - M ...

Diplachne ''Diplachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.Disakisperma ''Disakisperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. ; Species * '' Disakisperma dubium'' (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Mexico, Honduras, South America (Bolivia, Brazi ...

Eleusine ''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Enteropogon ''Enteropogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Eragrostis ''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. ''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived fr ...

Gouinia ''Gouinia'' is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: –ii 1–259. ; Species * '' Gouinia barbata'' (Hack.) Swallen - Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande ...

Gymnopogon

Leptocarydion ''Leptocarydion'' is a genus of African and Arabic plants in the grass family.Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotid ...

Myriostachya ''Myriostachya'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Myriostachya wightiana'', native to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Sem ...

Pogonarthria

Rostraria ''Rostraria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Eurasia and North Africa with one species native to South America. Hairgrass is a common name. These grasses are sometimes included in genus ''Koeleria''. ; Species * ...

Trichoneura

Trichloris ''Trichloris'' is a genus of New World plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Trichloris crinita'' (Lag.) Parodi - United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), northern Mexico ( Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, ...

Trigonochloa ''Trigonochloa'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Trigonochloa rupestris'' (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Yemen * '' Trigonochloa uniflora'' (Hochst. ex A. ...

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Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3310384 Chloridoideae Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of North America Grasses of Oceania Poaceae genera Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois