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Leptaspis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Poaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Poales

Higher classification
  
Grasses

Similar
  
Grasses, Streptochaeta, Pharus, Puelia, Littledalea

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
  1. Leptaspis angustifolia Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. - New Guinea, Fiji
  2. Leptaspis banksii R.Br. - Queensland, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand
  3. 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
  • References

    Leptaspis Wikipedia