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Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.[4][5][6]
| Sprangletops | |
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| Leptochloa digitata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Leptochloa P.Beauv.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leptochloa virgata | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.[1][7]
The generic name is derived from the Greek words leptos, meaning "thin," and chloa, meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.[8][9]
As of October 2024[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 14 species:[4]
- Leptochloa anisopoda (B.L.Rob.) P.M.Peterson
- Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia
- Leptochloa barbata (Desv.) Nicora – Paraguay, Argentina
- Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi
- Leptochloa crinita (Lag.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
- Leptochloa digitata (R.Br.) Domin – Australia
- Leptochloa exilis (Renvoize) P.M.Peterson
- Leptochloa longa Griseb. – Panama, Trinidad
- Leptochloa malayana (C.E.Hubb.) Jansen ex Veldkamp – Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia
- Leptochloa monticola Chase – Hispaniola
- Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth – south-central USA, Mesoamerica, Bermuda, Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos
- Leptochloa pluriflora (E.Fourn.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
- Leptochloa tectoneticola (Backer) Jansen ex Veldkamp – Cambodia, Thailand, Java
- Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv. – tropic sprangletop – from South Carolina to Paraguay
Former species
Species formerly placed in Leptochloa include:[10]
(See Arundinella Acrachne Bouteloua Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Desmostachya Dinebra Diplachne Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eragrostis Gouinia Gymnopogon Leptocarydion Myriostachya Pogonarthria Rostraria Trichoneura Trigonochloa Tripogon.)
- Leptochloa acuminata - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
- Leptochloa albemarlensis - Trichoneura lindleyana
- Leptochloa appletonii - Coelachyrum yemenicum
- Leptochloa arabica - Dinebra retroflexa
- Leptochloa arenaria - Trichoneura mollis
- Leptochloa bipinnata - Desmostachya bipinnata
- Leptochloa brandegeei - Enteropogon brandegeei
- Leptochloa burchellii - Gymnopogon burchellii
- Leptochloa calycina - Dinebra retroflexa
- Leptochloa chinensis – Dinebra chinensis
- Leptochloa ciliata - Trichoneura ciliata
- Leptochloa contracta - Diplachne fusca
- Leptochloa coromandelina - Dinebra retroflexa
- Leptochloa cynosuroides - Chloris filiformis
- Leptochloa digitatiformis - Disakisperma dubium
- Leptochloa dubia - Disakisperma dubium
- Leptochloa eleusine - Disakisperma eleusine
- Leptochloa falcata - Pogonarthria squarrosa
- Leptochloa fascicularis - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
- Leptochloa fusca - Diplachne fusca
- Leptochloa gigantea - Diplachne gigantea
- Leptochloa ginae - Diplachne fusca
- Leptochloa gracilis - Trigonochloa uniflora
- Leptochloa grandiglumis - Trichoneura grandiglumis
- Leptochloa hirta - Bouteloua disticha
- Leptochloa hookeri - Trichoneura lindleyana
- Leptochloa imbricata - Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
- Leptochloa laurentii - Trigonochloa uniflora
- Leptochloa lindleyana - Trichoneura lindleyana
- Leptochloa loliiformis - Tripogon loliiformis
- Leptochloa longiglumis - Trichoneura mollis
- Leptochloa malabarica - Diplachne fusca
- Leptochloa maritima - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
- Leptochloa marlothii - Pogonarthria squarrosa
- Leptochloa marquisensis - Dinebra marquisensis
- Leptochloa mexicana - Gouinia mexicana
- Leptochloa mollis - Trichoneura mollis
- Leptochloa monostachya - Enteropogon monostachyos
- Leptochloa muelleri - Diplachne fusca subsp. muelleri
- Leptochloa neuroglossa - Diplachne fusca
- Leptochloa obtusiflora Hochst. - Disakisperma obtusiflorum
- Leptochloa obtusiflora Steud. - Disakisperma dubium
- Leptochloa palmeri - Gouinia virgata
- Leptochloa panicoides Wight ex Steud. not (J.Presl) Hitchc. - Arundinella leptochloa
- Leptochloa parviflora - Diplachne fusca
- Leptochloa patens - Disakisperma dubium
- Leptochloa pectinata - Eleusine indica
- Leptochloa phleoidea - Rostraria cristata
- Leptochloa plectostachya - Cynodon plectostachyus
- Leptochloa plumosa - Leptocarydion vulpiastrum
- Leptochloa pluriflora - Trichloris pluriflora
- Leptochloa polygama - Gouinia virgata
- Leptochloa polystachya - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
- Leptochloa pringlei - Disakisperma dubium
- Leptochloa racemosa - Acrachne racemosa
- Leptochloa rigida - Eragrostis sessilispica
- Leptochloa rupestris - Trigonochloa rupestris
- Leptochloa schimperiana - Acrachne racemosa
- Leptochloa setacea - Tripogon leptophyllus
- Leptochloa spicata - Tripogon spicatus
- Leptochloa tracyi - Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis
- Leptochloa uniflora - Trigonochloa uniflora
- Leptochloa uninervia - Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
- Leptochloa verticillata - Acrachne racemosa
- Leptochloa virletii - Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia
- Leptochloa wightiana - Myriostachya wightiana
- Leptochloa xerophila - Dinebra xerophila
- Leptochloa yemensis - Disakisperma obtusiflorum
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