Lepturus Explained

Lepturus (common name thintail) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species^{[6] [7]}

• Lepturus anadabolavensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus androyensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus boinensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus calcareus Cope - Socotra
• Lepturus copeanus B.K.Simon - Australia
• Lepturus geminatus C.E.Hubb. - Australia
• Lepturus humbertianus A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus minutus B.K.Simon - Queensland
• Lepturus nesiotes Cope - Socotra
• Lepturus perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus pulchellus (Balf.f.) Clayton - Socotra
• Lepturus radicans (Steud.) A.Camus - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, India
• Lepturus repens (J.R.Forst.) R.Br. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Chagos Is, Mauritius, Rodrigues I, Aldabra, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is, Paracel Is, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Cocos Is, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Christmas I, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Australia (including on Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait^[8]), many of the Pacific Islands
• Lepturus tenuis Balf.f. - Socotra
• Lepturus xerophilus Domin - Australia

formerly includednumerous species now considered better suited in other genera: Hemarthria Henrardia Hainardia Oropetium Parapholis Scribneria

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954363#page/75/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005399 Tropicos, Lepturus R. Br
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118294 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 488 细穗草属 xi sui cao shu Lepturus R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810.
4. http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/lepturus-0 Ausgras2, Grasses of Australia
5. C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Coral Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lepturus The Plant List search for Lepturus
7. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:322693# Atlas of Living Australia
8. Web site: Natural History Of Bramble Cay, Torres Strait . Joanna C.. Ellison . Atoll Research Bulletin No. 455 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090226041803/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/450-458/455.pdf . 26 February 2009 . dmy . September 1998. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.