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
Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.
It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774).
Species Leersia angustifolia Prodoehl - Sudan Leersia denudata Launert - from Kenya to Cape Province Leersia drepanothrix Stapf - from Guinea to Uganda Leersia friesii Melderis - from Uganda to Botswana Leersia hexandra Sw. - Africa, Eurasia, Australian, North + South America, various islands Leersia japonica (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea Leersia lenticularis Michx. - central + eastern USA Leersia ligularis Trin. - Latin America + West Indies from Coahuila to Paraguay Leersia monandra Sw. - Texas, Florida, Mexico, West Indies Leersia nematostachya Launert - Cameroon, Angola, Zambia Leersia oncothrix C.E.Hubb. - Zambia Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. - Eurasia (from Azores to Primorye), North America (Canada, USA, northeastern Mexico) Leersia perrieri (A.Camus) Launert - Madagascar Leersia sayanuka Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam Leersia stipitata Bor - Thailand Leersia tisserantii (A.Chev.) Launert - from Guinea to Namibia Leersia triandra C.E.Hubb. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon Leersia virginica Willd. - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA formerly includedsee Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya
Leersia aristata - Hygroryza aristata Leersia digitaria - Digitaria ciliaris Leersia disticha - Megastachya mucronata Leersia hispida - Arthraxon hispidus Leersia latifolia - Maltebrunia leersioides
