Description
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Perennial rhizomatous herbs with large broad dark green leaves, with typical slanting venation, borne on a twisted (180 degrees) pseudopetiole. Inflorescence a loose panicle with female spiklets in a group at the base and males terminal on the branchlets. Spikelets 1-flowered, unisexual. Male spikelets less conspicuous than female with 2 small, membranous, ovate glumes and a lemma similar to the glumes. Female spikelets with 2 short glumes; lemma with connate margins, utricle-like, inflated, prominently ribbed, covered with hooked hairs and (in ours) white. Stigmas 3. Caryopsis oblong, flattened.An extraordinary-looking plant which is not particularly grass-like at first glance.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leptaspis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=116
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Leptaspis
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Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.[3][4][5][6][7]
- Species[8]
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Leptaspis angustifolia Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. - New Guinea, Fiji
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Leptaspis banksii R.Br. - Queensland, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand
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Leptaspis zeylanica Nees ex Steud. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia to Zimbabwe; Madagascar, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Formerly included[8]
see Scrotochloa
References
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^ Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 211 in Latin
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^ Tropicos, Leptaspis R. Br.
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^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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^ Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
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^ Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
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^ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
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^ Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
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^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Leptaspis: Brief Summary
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Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.
Species
Leptaspis angustifolia Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. -
New Guinea,
Fiji Leptaspis banksii R.Br. -
Queensland,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
Solomon Islands,
Philippines,
Taiwan,
Sulawesi,
Malaysia,
Java,
Lesser Sunda Islands,
Thailand Leptaspis zeylanica Nees ex Steud. - tropical
Africa from
Liberia to
Ethiopia to
Zimbabwe;
Madagascar,
Comoros,
Sri Lanka,
Java,
Malaysia,
Sumatra,
Sulawesi,
New Guinea,
Solomon Islands Formerly included
see Scrotochloa
Leptaspis manillensis -
Scrotochloa urceolata Leptaspis tararaensis -
Scrotochloa tararaensis Leptaspis urceolata -
Scrotochloa urceolata
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