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Taxon:  Leptochloa virgata (L.) P. Beauv.



Summary
Genus:
Leptochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
21789
Place of publication:
Ess. Agrostogr. 71, 161, 166, t. 15, fig. 1. 1812
Verified:
05/08/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cynosurus virgatus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cynosurus domingensis Jacq.
Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:362. http://www.phytologia.org/
  3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  4. CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad en Mexico. Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica (SIIT) (on-line resource). http://siit.conabio.gob.mx/
  5. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  6. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  8. Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975
  9. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
  10. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
  11. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  12. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  13. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
  14. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  15. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  16. Nowack, R. 1994. Revision of Leptochloa Beauv. (incl. Diplachne Beauv.) (Poaceae) in Malesia. Rheedea 4:90.
  17. Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1327. Note: mentions
  18. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
tropical sprangletop –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupeMarie Galante 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesSaba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesSt. Eustatius 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and NevisSt. Kitts 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Veracruz]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles [Saba, St. Eustatius], Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe [Marie Galante], Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [St. Kitts], St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Papua New Guinea
Economic Uses
Weed


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