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Leptochloa

Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.

Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.

The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (leptos), meaning "thin," and χλοα (chloa), meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.

Species
  1. Leptochloa aquatica Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico
  2. Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. - Australia
  3. Leptochloa barbata (Desv.) Nicora - Paraguay, Argentina
  4. Leptochloa caudata (K.Schum.) N.W.Snow - East Africa
  5. Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees – Asian sprangletop, Chinese sprangletop - eastern + southeastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, eastern + southern Africa
  6. Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi – Argentine sprangletop - Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
  7. Leptochloa coerulescens Steud. - Africa
  8. Leptochloa decipiens (R.Br.) Stapf ex Maiden – Australian sprangletop - Australia
  9. Leptochloa digitata (R.Br.) Domin - Australia
  10. Leptochloa divaricatissima S.T.Blake - Australia
  11. Leptochloa ligulata Lazarides - Queensland
  12. Leptochloa longa Griseb. - Panama, Trinidad
  13. Leptochloa malayana (C.E.Hubb.) Jansen ex Veldkamp - Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia
  14. Leptochloa monticola Chase - Hispaniola
  15. Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth - south-central USA, Mesoamerica, Bermuda, Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos
  16. Leptochloa nealleyi Vasey - Mexico, southern USA (Arizona, Texas, Louisiana)
  17. Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. - Australia, Maluku, Java, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka
  18. Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi – mucronate sprangletop - Americas incl West Indies; tropical + subtropical Asia; naturalised in Africa, Australia etc.
  19. Leptochloa panicoides (J.Presl) Hitchc. - central + southeastern USA, Mesoamerica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  20. Leptochloa scabra Nees - from Alabama to Paraguay
  21. Leptochloa simoniana N.Snow - New Guinea, Queensland
  22. Leptochloa southwoodii N.Snow & B.K.Simon - Queensland
  23. Leptochloa squarrosa Pilg. - Tanzania (incl. Pemba), Comoros, Madagascar
  24. Leptochloa srilankensis N.Snow - Sri Lanka
  25. Leptochloa tectoneticola (Backer) Jansen ex Veldkamp - Cambodia, Thailand, Java
  26. Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv. – tropic sprangletop - from South Carolina to Paraguay
  27. Leptochloa viscida (Scribn.) Beal - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua
Formerly included

see Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trichloris Trigonochloa Tripogon