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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- Leptochloa aquatica Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico
- Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. - Australia
- Leptochloa barbata (Desv.) Nicora - Paraguay, Argentina
- Leptochloa caudata (K.Schum.) N.W.Snow - East Africa
- Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees – Asian sprangletop, Chinese sprangletop - eastern + southeastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, eastern + southern Africa
- Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi – Argentine sprangletop - Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
- Leptochloa coerulescens Steud. - Africa
- Leptochloa decipiens (R.Br.) Stapf ex Maiden – Australian sprangletop - Australia
- Leptochloa digitata (R.Br.) Domin - Australia
- Leptochloa divaricatissima S.T.Blake - Australia
- Leptochloa ligulata Lazarides - Queensland
- Leptochloa longa Griseb. - Panama, Trinidad
- Leptochloa malayana (C.E.Hubb.) Jansen ex Veldkamp - Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia
- Leptochloa monticola Chase - Hispaniola
- Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth - south-central USA, Mesoamerica, Bermuda, Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos
- Leptochloa nealleyi Vasey - Mexico, southern USA (Arizona, Texas, Louisiana)
- Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. - Australia, Maluku, Java, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka
- Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi – mucronate sprangletop - Americas incl West Indies; tropical + subtropical Asia; naturalised in Africa, Australia etc.
- Leptochloa panicoides (J.Presl) Hitchc. - central + southeastern USA, Mesoamerica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
- Leptochloa scabra Nees - from Alabama to Paraguay
- Leptochloa simoniana N.Snow - New Guinea, Queensland
- Leptochloa southwoodii N.Snow & B.K.Simon - Queensland
- Leptochloa squarrosa Pilg. - Tanzania (incl. Pemba), Comoros, Madagascar
- Leptochloa srilankensis N.Snow - Sri Lanka
- Leptochloa tectoneticola (Backer) Jansen ex Veldkamp - Cambodia, Thailand, Java
- Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv. – tropic sprangletop - from South Carolina to Paraguay
- Leptochloa viscida (Scribn.) Beal - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua
see Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trichloris Trigonochloa Tripogon