Lepturus

Lepturus (common name thintail) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

FamilyPoaceae

Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Easter Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is.

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Specimen records: 187
With media: 120
Family: Poaceae
Collections: NY, US, BROWN, A, MO, BPBM
Recorded in: Egypt, Australia, United States, RéUnion, Papua New Guinea, U.S. Administered Pacific Islands, Madagascar, Pitcairn

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Starr 080603-5593 Lepturus repens.jpg

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taxon name: Lepturus
Commons category: Lepturus
topic's main category: Category:Lepturus
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6741
taxon common name: 细穗草属
taxonomic type: Lepturus repens

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Lepturus (common name thintail) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species Lepturus anadabolavensis A.Camus - Madagascar Lepturus androyensis A.Camus - Madagascar Lepturus boinensis A.Camus - Madagascar Lepturus calcareus Cope - Socotra Lepturus copeanus B.K.Simon - Australia Lepturus geminatus C.E.Hubb. - Australia Lepturus humbertianus A.Camus - Madagascar Lepturus minutus B.K.Simon - Queensland Lepturus nesiotes Cope - Socotra Lepturus perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar Lepturus pulchellus (Balf.f.) Clayton - Socotra Lepturus radicans (Steud.) A.Camus - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, India Lepturus repens (J.R.Forst.) R.Br. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Chagos Is, Mauritius, Rodrigues I, Aldabra, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is, Paracel Is, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Cocos Is, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Christmas I, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Australia (including on Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait), many of the Pacific Islands Lepturus tenuis Balf.f. - Socotra Lepturus xerophilus Domin - Australia Formerly included Numerous species now considered better suited in other genera: Deschampsia, Hemarthria, Henrardia, Hainardia, Oropetium, Parapholis

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