Leersia

''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.

It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774).

; Species
* '' Leersia angustifolia'' Prodoehl - Sudan
* '' Leersia denudata'' Launert - from Kenya to Cape Province
* '' Leersia drepanothrix'' Stapf - from Guinea to Uganda
* '' Leersia friesii'' Melderis - from Uganda to Botswana
* '' Leersia hexandra'' Sw. - Africa, Eurasia, Australian, North + South America, various islands
* '' Leersia japonica'' (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea
* '' Leersia lenticularis'' Michx. - central + eastern USA
* '' Leersia ligularis'' Trin. - Latin America + West Indies from Coahuila to Paraguay
* '' Leersia monandra'' Sw. - Texas, Florida, Mexico, West Indies
* '' Leersia nematostachya'' Launert - Cameroon, Angola, Zambia
* '' Leersia oncothrix'' C.E.Hubb. - Zambia
* '' Leersia oryzoides'' (L.) Sw. - Eurasia (from Azores to Primorye), North America (Canada, USA, northeastern Mexico)
* '' Leersia perrieri'' (A.Camus) Launert - Madagascar
* '' Leersia sayanuka'' Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
* '' Leersia stipitata'' Bor - Thailand
* '' Leersia tisserantii'' (A.Chev.) Launert - from Guinea to Namibia
* '' Leersia triandra'' C.E.Hubb. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon
* '' Leersia virginica'' Willd. - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA

; formerly included
see '' Arthraxon Digitaria Hygroryza Maltebrunia Megastachya''
* ''Leersia aristata - Hygroryza aristata''
* ''Leersia digitaria - Digitaria ciliaris''
* ''Leersia disticha - Megastachya mucronata''
* ''Leersia hispida - Arthraxon hispidus''
* ''Leersia latifolia - Maltebrunia leersioides''

References

External links

*

''Leersia'' Fact Sheet

Grass Manual Treatment

Oryzoideae
Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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