Taxon: Leersia hexandra Sw.

 
Genus: Leersia
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
  Subfamily: Oryzoideae
      Tribe: Oryzeae
        Subtribe: Oryzinae
Nomen number: 21731
Place of publication: Prodr. 21. 1788
Name Verified on: 29-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 29-May-1995
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9)
Accessions: 9 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: fodder (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  • Animal food: forage (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Atlas WWeed)

Distributional Range:

    Native:

    . pantropic in wetlands

References:

  • Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960 (Grass BCIP)
  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 (F Mesoamer)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
  • Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 (Grass SAfr)
  • Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986- (F Guianas)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
  • Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
  • Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 (Atlas WWeed)
  • Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
  • Judziewicz, E. J. et al. 2000. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 39:65.
  • Kahn, F. et al. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru. IFEA, Lima, Peru. 1993 (Aquat Peru)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Rodenburg, J. et al. 2011. Challenges for weed management in African rice systems in a changing climate J. Agric. Sci. (Cambridge) 149:427-435.
  • Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996 (Grass NE India)
  • Tovar, Ó. 1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú (Ruizia) 13:60.
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- (F TE Afr)
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan Flora palaestina. 1966- (F Palest)

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