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Leersia

Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.

The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.

It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774).

Species
  1. Leersia angustifolia Prodoehl - Sudan
  2. Leersia denudata Launert - from Kenya to Cape Province
  3. Leersia drepanothrix Stapf - from Guinea to Uganda
  4. Leersia friesii Melderis - from Uganda to Botswana
  5. Leersia hexandra Sw. - Africa, Eurasia, Australian, North + South America, various islands
  6. Leersia japonica (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea
  7. Leersia lenticularis Michx. - central + eastern USA
  8. Leersia ligularis Trin. - Latin America + West Indies from Coahuila to Paraguay
  9. Leersia monandra Sw. - Texas, Florida, Mexico, West Indies
  10. Leersia nematostachya Launert - Cameroon, Angola, Zambia
  11. Leersia oncothrix C.E.Hubb. - Zambia
  12. Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. - Eurasia (from Azores to Primorye), North America (Canada, USA, northeastern Mexico)
  13. Leersia perrieri (A.Camus) Launert - Madagascar
  14. Leersia sayanuka Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
  15. Leersia stipitata Bor - Thailand
  16. Leersia tisserantii (A.Chev.) Launert - from Guinea to Namibia
  17. Leersia triandra C.E.Hubb. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon
  18. Leersia virginica Willd. - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA
formerly included

see Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya

  • Leersia aristata - Hygroryza aristata
  • Leersia digitaria - Digitaria ciliaris
  • Leersia disticha - Megastachya mucronata
  • Leersia hispida - Arthraxon hispidus
  • Leersia latifolia - Maltebrunia leersioides