''Leptagrostis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
bunchgrass
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perenni ...
es in the tribe
Molinieae
Molinieae is a tribe of grasses, containing 11 genera, including reed (''Phragmites'') and moor-grass (''Molinia'').
Subtribes and genera
;Subtribe Crinipinae
*'' Crinipes''
*'' Elytrophorus''
*''Pratochloa''
*'' Styppeiochloa''
;Subtribe Mo ...
of the grass family,
Poaceae, native to eastern Africa.
The only known species is ''Leptagrostis schimperiana''. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
.
[Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. (''Leptagrostis schimperiana''); The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala]
References
Molinieae
Grasses of Africa
Endemic flora of Ethiopia
Monotypic Poaceae genera
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