Leptagrostis
Leptagrostis is a genus of bunchgrasses in the tribe Molinieae of the grass family, Poaceae, native to eastern Africa.[2][3][4]
| Leptagrostis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arundinoideae |
| Tribe: | Molinieae |
| Genus: | Leptagrostis C.E.Hubb. |
| Species: | L. schimperiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptagrostis schimperiana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The only known species is Leptagrostis schimperiana. It is endemic to Ethiopia.[1][5]
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Hubbard, Charles Edward 1937. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1937: 63
- Hubbard, Charles Edward 1940. Kew Bulletin 1939: 645 — Leptagrostis schimperiana.
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora: Leptagrostis schimperiana
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. (Leptagrostis schimperiana); The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala
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