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[ Leptochiton ] [ Leptochloa ] [ Leptochloopsis ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Leptochloa

Hierarchical position of the Genus Leptochloa

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Familia  Gramineae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Leptochloa P.Beauv. common name: sprangletop

Named members of the Genus Leptochloa

1	Species  acuminata (Nash) Mohlenbrock syn. Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis
2	Species  attenuata (Nutt.) Steud. syn. Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata
3	Species  brachiata Steudl. syn. Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
4	Species  chinensis (L.) Nees common name: Chinese sprangletop
5	Species  chloridiformis (Hack. ex Stuck.) Parodi common name: Argentine sprangletop
6	Species  decipiens (R. Br.) Stapf ex Maiden
	7    Subspecies  peacockii (Maiden & Betche) N. Snow common name: peacock sprangletop
8	Species  digitata (R. Br.) Domin common name: finger sprangletop
9	Species  divaricatissima S.T. Blake common name: spreading sprangletop
10	Species  domingensis (Jacq.) Trin. syn. Leptochloa virgata
11	Species  dubia (Kunth) Nees common name: green sprangletop
12	Species  fascicularis (Lam.) Gray
	13    Varietas  acuminata (Nash) Gleason syn. Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis 14    Varietas  maritima (Bickn.) Gleason syn. Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis
15	Species  filiformis (Lam.) Beauv.
	16    Varietas  attenuata (Nutt.) Steyermark & Kucera syn. Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata 17    Varietas  pulchella (Scribn.) Beetle syn. Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata
18	Species  floribunda Doell syn. Leptochloa panicoides
19	Species  fusca (L.) Kunth
	20    Subspecies  fascicularis (Lam.) N. Snow common name: bearded sprangletop 21    Subspecies  uninervia (J. Presl) N. Snow common name: Mexican sprangletop
22	Species  mucronata (Michx.) Kunth syn. Leptochloa panicea ssp. mucronata
23	Species  nealleyi Vasey common name: Nealley's sprangletop
24	Species  panicea (Retz.) Ohwi
	25    Subspecies  brachiata (Steudl.) N. Snow common name: mucronate sprangeltop 26    Subspecies  mucronata (Michx.) Nowack common name: mucronate sprangletop
27	Species  panicoides (J. Presl) A.S. Hitchc. common name: Amazon sprangletop
28	Species  scabra Nees common name: rough sprangletop
29	Species  uninervia (J. Presl) A.S. Hitchc. & Chase syn. Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia
30	Species  virgata (L.) Beauv. common name: Judd's grass
31	Species  viscida (Scribn.) Beal common name: sticky sprangletop

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.