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cutgrasses

Leersia hexandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Oryzoideae
Tribe:	Oryzeae
Subtribe:	Oryzinae
Genus:	Leersia Sw. 1788 not Hedw. ex Batsch 1802 (moss in family Encalyptaceae)
Type species
Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw.
Synonyms^[1]
Homalocenchrus Mieg Ehrhartia Weber Asprella Schreb. Aplexia Raf. Endodia Raf. Blepharochloa Endl. Pseudoryza Griff.

Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.^[2]^[3]

The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774).^[12]

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