Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Leptochloa - [maps | photos]

• Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. fascicularis (Lam.) N. Snow
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: bearded sprangletop
  Synonyms:
  

         • Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) Beauv.

         • Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) Gray

• Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. uninervia (J. Presl) N. Snow
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Mexican sprangletop
  Synonyms:
  

         • Diplachne uninervia (J. Presl) Parodi

         • Leptochloa uninervia (J. Presl) A.S. Hitchc. & Cha

• Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi ssp. brachiata (Steudl.) N. Snow
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: mucronate sprangeltop
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) Beauv.

         • Leptochloa brachiata Steudl.

• Leptochloa panicoides * (J. Presl) Hitchc.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Amazon sprangletop
  Synonyms:
  

         • Diplachne panicoides (J. Presl) McNeill

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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