Leersia hexandra
Leersia hexandra

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Oryzoideae
Tribus: Oryzeae
Subtribus: Oryzinae
Genus: Leersia
Species: Leersia hexandra

Name

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Leersia hexandra Sw., 1788

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Asprella hexandra (Sw.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 2, 153 (1812).
    • Oryza hexandra (Sw.) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 10 (1871).
    • Homalocenchrus hexander (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Pharus ciliatus Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 23 (1789).
    • Leersia australis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 210 (1810).
    • Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 26 (1814).
    • Leersia mexicana Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 195 (1816).
    • Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 267 (1817).
    • Asprella mexicana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 267 (1817).
    • Leersia brasiliensis Spreng., Novi Provent.: 47 (1819).
    • Asprella brasiliensis (Spreng.) Schult., Mant. 2: 153 (1824).
    • Zizania ciliata (Retz.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 2: 136 (1825).
    • Leersia contracta Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 516 (1829).
    • Leersia luzonensis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 207 (1830).
    • Leersia parviflora Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 165 (1831).
    • Asprella purpurea Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 376 (1837), nom. nud.
    • Leersia mauritiaca Salzm. ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(3): 74 (1839 publ. 1840).
    • Blepharochloa ciliata Endl., Gen. Pl.: 1352 (1840).
    • Leersia elongata Willd. ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 172 (1840), pro syn.
    • Leersia glaberrima Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 173 (1840).
    • Leersia gracilis Willd. ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 173 (1840), pro syn.
    • Leersia mauritanica Salzm. ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 174 (1840).
    • Leersia triniana Sieber ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 174 (1840), pro syn.
    • Hygroryza ciliata (Retz.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 783 (1841).
    • Leersia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 356 (1850).
    • Leersia ciliaris Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 2 (1851).
    • Pseudoryza ciliata (Retz.) Griff., Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 144 (1851).
    • Leersia aegyptiaca Fig. & De Not., Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 5 (1853).
    • Leersia ferox Fig. & De Not., Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 7 (1853).
    • Leersia capensis Müll.Hal., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 345 (1856).
    • Leersia griffithiana Müll.Hal., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 345 (1856).
    • Oryza australis R.Br. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 300 (1867), nom. nud.
    • Oryza mexicana (Kunth) Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 10 (1871).
    • Leersia gouinii E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 2 (1886).
    • Homalocenchrus gouinii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891).
    • Leersia dubia F.Aresch., Pl. Itin. Eugeniae: 115 (1910).
    • Leersia compressa A.Chev., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 31: 380 (1951).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
      • Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • California, Galápagos, Victoria
    • Doubtfully present in:
      • Canary Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Moerasgras, Rysgras
English: southern cutgrass, Rice grass, cutgrass, swamp ricegrass
Bahasa Indonesia: Rumput banto
português: Capim-andrequicé, boiadeira, capim-marreca, grama-boiadeira, grama-do-brejo
ไทย: หญ้าทราย
中文: 李氏禾, 水游草, 游草
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