Leersia

Leersia oryzoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Oryzoideae
Tribus: Oryzeae
Subtribus: Oryzinae
Genus: Leersia
Species: (18)
L. angustifolia – L. denudata – L. drepanothrix – L. friesii – L. hexandra – L. japonica – L. lenticularis – L. ligularis – L. monandra – L. nematostachya – L. oncothrix – L. oryzoides – L. perrieri – L. sayanuka – L. stipitata – L. tisserantii – L. triandra – L. virginica

Name

• Leersia Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 21 (1788), nom. cons.
• Type species: Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 21 (1788)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Homalocenchrus Mieg, Acta Helv. Phys.-Math. 4: 307 (1760), nom. rej.
  • Ehrhartia Weber in F.H.Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 63 (1780).
  • Asprella Schreb., Gen. Pl.: 45 (1789).
  • Aplexia Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825).
  • Endodia Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825).
  • Blepharochloa Endl., Gen. Pl.: 1352 (1840).
  • Pseudoryza Griff., Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 144 (1851).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Saskatchewan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Galápagos, New Zealand North, Victoria Doubtfully present in: Canary Is., Sakhalin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 1, 21.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Leersia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Leersia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Leersia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Leersia. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.

مصرى: ليرسيا
العربية: حشيشة البركة
беларуская: Леерсія
čeština: Tajnička
eʋegbe: Metsriis ف
English: Cutgrasses and other
فارسی: برنجی چمن
suomi: Hukkariisit
עברית: בת-אורז
Hiri Motu: Tajawka
日本語: サヤヌカグサ属
한국어: 겨풀속
lietuvių: parīsu ģints t
മലയാളം: ലേർസിയ
polski: Zamokrzyca
русский: Леерсия
中文: 假稻属

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