PLANTS Profile for Leptochloa dubia (green sprangletop)

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Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees
green sprangletop

Symbol:

LEDU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Argentina. Usage Requirements.

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Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees

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Synonyms:
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees

	CHDU2	Chloris dubia Kunth
	DIDU	Diplachne dubia (Kunth) Scribn.

Distribution:
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, FL, KS, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, OK, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 14 species in Leptochloa

Classification:
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Leptochloa P. Beauv. – sprangletop
Species	Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees – green sprangletop

More Accounts and Images:
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41822.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 12:01 AM MDT