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Taxon:  Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth



Summary
Genus:
Leptochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
21784
Place of publication:
Révis. gramin. 1:91. 1829
Comment:
rejection proposal for Poa malabarica L. has been approved by the Committee for Spermatophyta, and (with further approval) will restore this name as the correct one for this taxon
Verified:
06/28/2012 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
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  3. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  5. Brummitt, R. K. 2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49. Taxon 49:266.
  6. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  7. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  11. Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
  12. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  13. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  14. Nowack, R. 1994. Revision of Leptochloa Beauv. (incl. Diplachne Beauv.) (Poaceae) in Malesia. Rheedea 4:84.
  15. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:132.
  16. Snow, N. & G. Davidse. 1998. (1330) Proposal to reject the name Poa malabarica (Gramineae). Taxon 47:157-159.
  17. Snow, N. 1998. Nomenclatural changes in Leptochloa P. Beauv. sensu lato (Poaceae, Chloridoideae). Novon 8:78.
  18. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  20. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
  21. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21784. Accessed 15 March 2025.

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