Leptochloa panicea

Leptochloa panicea

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 panicea
Subspecies: L. p. subsp. brachiata – L. p. subsp. panicea

Name

Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi, 1941

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Poa panicea Retz., Observ. Bot. 3: 11 (1783).
• Homotypic
  • Dinebra panicea (Retz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109: 1326 (2012).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Asia, America Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bangladesh, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cayman Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nevada, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Windward Is. Introduced into: Andaman Is., Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Comoros, Egypt, Ghana, Hawaii, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ohwi, J., 1941. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo). [Shokubutsu-gaku zasshi]. [Tokyo Botanical Society]. Tokyo 55:311.

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 panicea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Leptochloa panicea. 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 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Leptochloa panicea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Leptochloa panicea. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Leptochloa panicea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: mucronate sprangletop, Mucronate Sprangletop
svenska: Nålspretgräs
中文: 蟣子草, 虮子草

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