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
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