Lepturus

Short description: Genus of grasses

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.

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. ↑ 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
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.

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