Leptaspis
| Leptaspis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Leptaspis R.Br.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leptaspis banksii R.Br.[2] | |
Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.[3][4][5][6][7]
- Species[8]
- Leptaspis angustifolia Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. - New Guinea, Fiji
- Leptaspis banksii R.Br. - Queensland, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand
- Leptaspis zeylanica Nees ex Steud. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia to Zimbabwe; Madagascar, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- formerly included[8]
see Scrotochloa
- Leptaspis manillensis - Scrotochloa urceolata
- Leptaspis tararaensis - Scrotochloa tararaensis
- Leptaspis urceolata - Scrotochloa urceolata
References
- ↑ Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 211 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Leptaspis R. Br.
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
- ↑ Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
- ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- ↑ Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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