Leersia

cutgrasses
Leersia hexandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Oryzoideae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Subtribe: Oryzinae
Genus: Leersia
Sw. 1788 not Hedw. ex Batsch 1802 (moss in family Encalyptaceae)
Type species
Leersia oryzoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Homalocenchrus Mieg
  • Ehrhartia Weber
  • Asprella Schreb.
  • Aplexia Raf.
  • Endodia Raf.
  • Blepharochloa Endl.
  • Pseudoryza Griff.

Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.[2][3]

The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774).[12]

Species[1]
formerly included[1]

see Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya

  1. ^ a b c Kew World checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 21 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Leersia Sw.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 184 假稻属 jia dao shu Leersia Solander ex Swartz, Prodr. 21. 1788.
  5. ^ Flora of Pakistan
  6. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere leersia Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Leersia Sw. Cutgrass
  8. ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
  9. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ^ Pohl, R. W. & G. Davidse. 1994. 25. Leersia Sw., nom. cons. 6: 221–222. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  11. ^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  12. ^ "Ada Hayden Herbarium - Iowa State University, rice cutgrass (cutgrass), Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2015-02-21.