Lepturus
L. repens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Lepturus
R.Br.
Type species
Lepturus repens
Synonyms[1]
  • Ischnurus Balf.f.
  • Lepiurus Dumort.
  • Leptocercus Raf.
  • Leptocereus Raf., illegitimate homonym not (A. Berger) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae)
  • Monerma P.Beauv.

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.[2][3][4][5][6]

Species[1][7][8]
formerly included[1]

numerous species now considered better suited in other genera: Hemarthria Henrardia Hainardia Oropetium Parapholis Scribneria

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Lepturus R. Br
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 488 细穗草属 xi sui cao shu Lepturus R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810.
  5. ^ Ausgras2, Grasses of Australia
  6. ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Coral Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Lepturus
  8. ^ Atlas of Living Australia
  9. ^ Ellison, Joanna C. (September 1998). "Natural History Of Bramble Cay, Torres Strait" (PDF). Atoll Research Bulletin No. 455. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2009.


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