| Sprangletops | |
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| Leptochloa digitata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Leptochloa P.Beauv.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leptochloa virgata | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.[4][5][6]
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.[1][7]
The generic name is derived from the Greek words leptos, meaning "thin," and chloa, meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.[8][9]
- ^ a b "Genus: Leptochloa P. Beauv". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-02-27. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ lectotype designated by Niles & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. 24(6): 180 (1925)
- ^ Tropicos, Leptochloa P. Beauv.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
POWO_18378-1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 71 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure I (1 a-d) line drawings of Leptochloa virgata, identified in captions on page 10
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Leptochloa P.Beauv. Sprangletop
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 1197. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- ^ Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, N. W. Snow & G. Johnson. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany (Oxford), n.s. 109: 1317–1329