''Leptagrostis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
bunchgrass
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial ...
es in the tribe
Molinieae
Molinieae is a tribe of grasses, containing 11 genera, including reed (''Phragmites'') and moor-grass (''Molinia'').
Subtribes and genera
;Subtribe Crinipinae
*''Crinipes''
*''Elytrophorus''
*'' Pratochloa''
*''Styppeiochloa''
;Subtribe Moli ...
of the grass family,
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
, native to eastern Africa.
The only known species is ''Leptagrostis schimperiana''. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
[Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. (''Leptagrostis schimperiana''); The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala]
References
Molinieae
Grasses of Africa
Endemic flora of Ethiopia
Monotypic Poaceae genera
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