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Leersia
Sign in to saveLeersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomPlantae
Leersia ist eine Gattung aus der Familie der Süßgräser (Poaceae), deren Vertreter sich nur wenig von Vertretern der Gattung Reis (Oryza) unterscheiden. Die Arten finden sich weltweit in tropischen bis warmgemäßigten Gebieten. Eine der etwa 20 Arten, die Reisquecke (Leersia oryzoides), findet man in Europa.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 439
- With media
- 291
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, MSC, CAS, RSA, BAYLU, CMN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Tanzania, MéXico
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leersia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.