Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the Poaceae.[ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 71 description in Latin, commentary in French][ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure I (1 a-d) line drawings of Leptochloa virgata, identified in captions on page 10]
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.[ Atlas of Living Australia, Leptochloa P.Beauv. Sprangletop]
The generic name is derived from the Greek language words leptos, meaning "thin," and chloa, meaning "grass," referring to the .[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]
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted 14 species:
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Leptochloa anisopoda (B.L.Rob.) P.M.Peterson
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Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia
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Leptochloa barbata (Desv.) Nicora – Paraguay, Argentina
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Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi
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Leptochloa crinita (Lag.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
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Leptochloa digitata (R.Br.) Domin – Australia
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Leptochloa exilis (Renvoize) P.M.Peterson
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Leptochloa longa Griseb. – Panama, Trinidad
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Leptochloa malayana (C.E.Hubb.) Jansen ex Veldkamp – Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia
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Leptochloa monticola Chase – Hispaniola
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Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth – south-central USA, Mesoamerica, Bermuda, Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos
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Leptochloa pluriflora (E.Fourn.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
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Leptochloa tectoneticola (Backer) Jansen ex Veldkamp – Cambodia, Thailand, Java
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Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv. – tropic sprangletop – from South Carolina to Paraguay
Former species
Species formerly placed in Leptochloa include:[ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
(See Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trigonochloa Tripogon.)
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