''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

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 ''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 ...

'' Melderis - from Uganda to Botswana * ''

Leersia hexandra ''Leersia hexandra'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern cutgrass, clubhead cutgrass, and swamp rice grass.

'' Sw. - Africa, Eurasia, Australian, North + South America, various islands * ''

Leersia japonica ''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 ...

'' (Honda) Honda - China, Japan, Korea * ''

Leersia lenticularis ''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, 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 Danie ...

'' Michx. - central + eastern USA * ''

Leersia ligularis ''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 ...

'' Trin. - Latin America + West Indies from

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to Paraguay * ''

Leersia monandra ''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 ...

'' Sw. - Texas, Florida, Mexico, West Indies * ''

Leersia nematostachya ''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 ...

'' Launert - Cameroon, Angola, Zambia * ''

Leersia oncothrix ''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 ...

'' C.E.Hubb. - Zambia * ''

Leersia oryzoides ''Leersia oryzoides'' is a species of grass known by the common name rice cutgrass or just cut-grass. It is a widespread grass native to Europe, Asia, and North America and present in many other regions, such as Australia, as an introduced specie ...

'' (L.) Sw. - Eurasia (from Azores to

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), North America (Canada, USA, northeastern Mexico) * ''

Leersia perrieri ''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 ...

'' (A.Camus) Launert - Madagascar * ''

Leersia sayanuka ''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 ...

'' Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam * ''

Leersia stipitata ''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 ...

'' Bor - Thailand * ''

Leersia tisserantii ''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 ...

'' (A.Chev.) Launert - from Guinea to Namibia * ''

Leersia triandra ''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 ...

'' C.E.Hubb. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon * ''

Leersia virginica ''Leersia virginica'', commonly known as whitegrass, white cutgrass, or Virginian cutgrass, is a perennial grass that is native to eastern North America, typically found in partially shaded low-lying wet areas. Its blooming period occurs from mi ...

'' Willd. - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA ; formerly included see ''

Arthraxon ''Arthraxon'', commonly known as carpetgrass, is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae, containing the following species: * ''Arthraxon antsirabensis'' – Madagascar * ''Arthraxon castratus'' – Hainan, I ...

Digitaria ''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They ar ...

Hygroryza ''Hygroryza'' (watergrass) is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Hygroryza aristata'', (Asian watergrass) native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodi ...

Maltebrunia ''Maltebrunia'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Maltebrunia leersioides'' Kunth – Madagascar * '' Maltebrunia letestui'' (Koechlin) Koechlin – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the CongoHubbard, C. E. 1962. Tabula ...

Megastachya ''Megastachya'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesThe Pl ...

'' * ''Leersia aristata -

Hygroryza aristata ''Hygroryza'' (watergrass) is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Hygroryza aristata'', (Asian watergrass) native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodi ...

'' * ''Leersia digitaria -

Digitaria ciliaris ''Digitaria ciliaris'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern crabgrass,''Digitaria ...

'' * ''Leersia disticha -

Megastachya mucronata ''Megastachya'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesThe Pl ...

'' * ''Leersia hispida -

Arthraxon hispidus ''Arthraxon hispidus,'' is an annual plant, annual grass commonly known as small carpetgrass, hairy jointgrass, joint-head grass, jointhead arthraxon, small carp grass, and creek grass. It is native to East Asia and Australia. It was accidentally ...

'' * ''Leersia latifolia - Maltebrunia leersioides''

References

External links

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''Leersia'' Fact Sheet

Grass Manual Treatment
Oryzoideae Poaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Poaceae-stub