# Leptaspis

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{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
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|taxon = Leptaspis
|authority = [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.)<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954367#page/79/mode/1up Brown, Robert 1810.  Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 211] in Latin</ref>
|type_species_authority = [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.)<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004710 Tropicos, ''Leptaspis'' R. Br.]</ref>
|type_species = ''[Leptaspis banksii](/source/Leptaspis_banksii)''
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'''''Leptaspis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Paleotropical](/source/Paleotropical) plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae), native to [Africa](/source/Africa), southern [Asia](/source/Asia), northern [Australia](/source/Australia), and a few islands of the western [Pacific](/source/Pacific).<ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00335.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref><ref>Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.</ref><ref>Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.</ref><ref>Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.</ref><ref>Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.</ref>

; Species<ref name=m>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422191 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
* ''[Leptaspis angustifolia](/source/Leptaspis_angustifolia)'' <small>Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.</small> - [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [Fiji](/source/Fiji)
* ''[Leptaspis banksii](/source/Leptaspis_banksii)'' <small>R.Br.</small> - [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands), [Philippines](/source/Philippines), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), [Java](/source/Java), [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands), [Thailand](/source/Thailand)
* ''[Leptaspis zeylanica](/source/Leptaspis_zeylanica)'' <small>Nees ex Steud.</small> - tropical [Africa](/source/Africa) from [Liberia](/source/Liberia) to [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia) to [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe); [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), [Comoros](/source/Comoros), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), [Java](/source/Java), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra), [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands)

; Formerly included<ref name=m/>
see ''[Scrotochloa](/source/Scrotochloa)'' 
* ''Leptaspis manillensis - [Scrotochloa urceolata](/source/Scrotochloa_urceolata)'' 
* ''Leptaspis tararaensis - [Scrotochloa tararaensis](/source/Scrotochloa_tararaensis)''  
* ''Leptaspis urceolata - [Scrotochloa urceolata](/source/Scrotochloa_urceolata)''

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