Lepturus

Lepturus
	L. repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Lepturus; R.Br.
Type species
	Lepturus repens; (G.Forst.) R.Br.
Synonyms
	Ischnurus Balf.f.; Lepiurus Dumort.; Leptocercus Raf.; Leptocereus Raf., illegitimate homonym not (A. Berger) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae); Monerma P.Beauv.;

Short description: Genus of grasses

Lepturus (common name thintail) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia , and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Species^[1]^[7]^[8]

Lepturus anadabolavensis A.Camus - Madagascar
Lepturus androyensis A.Camus - Madagascar
Lepturus boinensis A.Camus - Madagascar
Lepturus calcareus Cope - Socotra
Lepturus copeanus B.K.Simon - Australia
Lepturus geminatus C.E.Hubb. - Australia
Lepturus humbertianus A.Camus - Madagascar
Lepturus minutus B.K.Simon - Queensland
Lepturus nesiotes Cope - Socotra
Lepturus perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar
Lepturus pulchellus (Balf.f.) Clayton - Socotra
Lepturus radicans (Steud.) A.Camus - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar , Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, India
Lepturus repens (J.R.Forst.) R.Br. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar , Chagos Is, Mauritius, Rodrigues I, Aldabra, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is, Paracel Is, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan , Cocos Is, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines , Christmas I, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Australia (including on Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait^[9]), many of the Pacific Islands
Lepturus tenuis Balf.f. - Socotra
Lepturus xerophilus Domin - Australia

formerly included^[1]

numerous species now considered better suited in other genera: Hemarthria Henrardia Hainardia Oropetium Parapholis Scribneria

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207 in Latin
↑ Tropicos, Lepturus R. Br
↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 488 细穗草属 xi sui cao shu Lepturus R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810.
↑ Ausgras2, Grasses of Australia
↑ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Coral Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
↑ The Plant List search for Lepturus
↑ Atlas of Living Australia
↑ Ellison, Joanna C. (September 1998). "Natural History Of Bramble Cay, Torres Strait". National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify |archiveurl=, you must also specify |archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226041803/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/450-458/455.pdf.

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[o-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207 in Latin

[3] Tropicos, Lepturus R. Br

[4] Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 488 细穗草属 xi sui cao shu Lepturus R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810.

[5] Ausgras2, Grasses of Australia

[6] C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Coral Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC

[7] The Plant List search for Lepturus

[8] Atlas of Living Australia

[ellison1998-9] Ellison, Joanna C. (September 1998). "Natural History Of Bramble Cay, Torres Strait". National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify |archiveurl=, you must also specify |archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226041803/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/450-458/455.pdf.

Lepturus

L. repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Lepturus R.Br.
Type species
Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br.
Synonyms^[1]
Ischnurus Balf.f. Lepiurus Dumort. Leptocercus Raf. Leptocereus Raf., illegitimate homonym not (A. Berger) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae) Monerma P.Beauv.