Leptagrostis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Arundinoideae
Tribus: Crinipedeae
Genus: Leptagrostis
Species: L. schimperiana
Name

Leptagrostis C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 63 (1937)
monotypic taxon

References

Hubbard, C.E. (1937) Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1937: 63.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Leptagrostis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. 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, Leptagrostis. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Leptagrostis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Leptagrostis. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.

eptagrostis is a genus of bunchgrasses in the tribe Molinieae of the grass family, Poaceae, native to eastern Africa.[2][3][4]

The only known species is Leptagrostis schimperiana. It is endemic to Ethiopia.[1][5]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hubbard, Charles Edward 1937. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1937: 63
Hubbard, Charles Edward 1940. Kew Bulletin 1939: 645 — Leptagrostis schimperiana.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora: Leptagrostis schimperiana
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