cutgrasses | |
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Leersia hexandra | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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]
see Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya
Media related to Leersia at Wikimedia Commons
cutgrasses | |
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Leersia hexandra | |
Scientific 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] | |
|
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]
see Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya
Media related to Leersia at Wikimedia Commons