Leptochloa mucronata

Leptochloa mucronata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Leptochloa
Species: Leptochloa mucronata

Name

Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 91 (1829).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eleusine mucronata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 65 (1803).
• Homotypic
  • Leptochloa panicea subsp. mucronata(Michx.) Nowack, Rheedea 5: 93 (1995).
  • Dinebra panicea subsp. mucronata (Michx.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109: 1326 (2012).
  • Dinebra panicea var. mucronata (Michx.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow, Phytoneuron 2012-71: 1 (2012).
• Heterotypic
  • Eleusine filiformis Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 87 (1805).
  • Leptochloa filiformis (Pers.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812).
  • Eleusine sparsa Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 135 (1817), nom. superfl.
  • Leptostachys filiformis (Pers.) G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 74 (1818).
  • Oxydenia attenuata Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 76 (1818).
  • Oxydenia filiformis Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 76 (1818), pro syn.
  • Poa virgata Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 66 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Aira panicea Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 45 (1840), pro syn.
  • Eleusine elongata Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 549 (1840), pro syn.
  • Eleusine stricta Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 549 (1840), pro syn.
  • Leptochloa attenuata (Nutt.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 209 (1854).
  • Leptochloa pellucidula Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 209 (1854).
  • Leptochloa mucronata var. multiflora Eggers, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1875: 151 (1876), nom. nud.
  • Leptochloa paniculata E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 296 (1880).
  • Leptochloa mucronata var. pulchella Scribn., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 147 (1882).
  • Leptochloa pilosa Scribn., Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 32: 9 (1901).
  • Leptochloa filiformis var. subuniflora A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 672 (1919).
  • Leptochloa filiformis f. attenuata (Nutt.) R.R.Gates, Annot. List Pl. Kansas: 130 (1940).
  • Leptochloa filiformis var. attenuata (Nutt.) Steyerm. & C.L.Kucera, Grass. Missouri 1: 138 (1961).
  • Leptochloa filiformis var. pulchella (Scribn.) Beetle, Phytologia 49: 40 (1981).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Regional: Southeastern USA Louisiana Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional:Caribbean Bermuda, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru Regional: Northern South America Guyana Introduced into: Cambodia, Cyprus, Ghana, Laos, Massachusetts, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S., 1829. Révis. Gramin. 1: 91.

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Leptochloa mucronata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Leptochloa mucronata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Leptochloa mucronata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Leptochloa mucronata. Published online. Accessed: August 31 2022.

Vernacular names

日本語: 短尖千金子

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