Biology:Lepturus

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Lepturus
Starr 080603-5593 Lepturus repens.jpg
L. repens
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q3310021 entry