Leersia

Taxobox
name = "Leersia"

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image_width = 210px
image_caption = "Leersia oryzoides"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Bambusoideae
genus = "Leersia"
genus_authority = Sw.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = ~17, see text.

"Leersia" is a genus of true grasses which includes species known generally as cutgrasses. There are about 17 species native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the Americas and Eurasia. The genus was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers.

Selected species:
*"Leersia hexandra" - southern cutgrass
*"Leersia lenticularis" - catchfly grass
*"Leersia monandra" - bunch cutgrass
*"Leersia oryzoides" - rice cutgrass
*"Leersia virginica" - whitegrass

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEERS USDA Plants Profile: genus "Leersia"]
* [http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/GrassGeneraFSF/Leersia.htm "Leersia" Fact Sheet]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Leersia&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]