G.081. Leersia Sw.

Description of the genus

Perennials (ours). Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle with slender branches. Spikelets 1-flowered, bisexual; glumes 0 or rudimentary; sterile lemmas 0; fertile lemma boat-shaped, strongly keeled, 5-nerved, awnless or tapering to a short awn-like structure. Stamens 6.

Derivation of name: after Johann Daniel Leers, 1727-1774, German botanist

Worldwide: 17 species in tropical and warm temperate regions

Zambia: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
denudata Launert	B,N,W,C,S	Description
friesii Melderis	N,S
hexandra Sw.	B,N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
nematostachya Launert	W
oncothrix C.E. Hubb.	N,S
tisserantii (A.Chev.) Launert	N

Other sources of information about Leersia:

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Flora of Botswana: Leersia
Flora of Burundi: Leersia
Flora of Caprivi: Leersia
Flora of Malawi: Leersia
Flora of Mozambique: Leersia
Flora of Rwanda: Leersia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Leersia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Leersia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Leersia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Leersia
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iNaturalist: Leersia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leersia
JSTOR Plant Science: Leersia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Leersia
Plants of the World Online: Leersia
Tropicos: Leersia
Wikipedia: Leersia