Taxon:  Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth



Summary
Genus:
Leptochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
21784
Place of publication:
Révis. gramin. 1:91.  1829
Comment:
rejection proposal for Poa malabarica L. has been approved by the Committee for Spermatophyta, and (with further approval) will restore this name as the correct one for this taxon
Verified:
06/28/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (5  active, 5  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)
Spikelets and/or florets

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: includes subspecies fascicularis and uninervia
  3. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  4. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. Note: = Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv.
  5. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  6. Brummitt, R. K. 2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49. Taxon 49:266. Note: proposal recommended
  7. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  8. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  9. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  11. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  12. Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
  13. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  14. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv.
  15. Nowack, R. 1994. Revision of Leptochloa Beauv. (incl. Diplachne Beauv.) (Poaceae) in Malesia. Rheedea 4:84. Note: = Leptochloa malabarica (L.) Veldkamp
  16. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:132.
  17. Snow, N. & G. Davidse. 1998. (1330) Proposal to reject the name Poa malabarica (Gramineae). Taxon 47:157-159. Note: rejection proposal, if approved, would restore this name as the correct one for this taxon
  18. Snow, N. 1998. Nomenclatural changes in Leptochloa P. Beauv. sensu lato (Poaceae, Chloridoideae). Novon 8:78.
  19. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  21. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). Note: includes subspecies fascicularis and uninervia
Common names
Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21784. Accessed 17 April 2026.