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Leptaspis

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Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Leptaspis is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Australia, Africa and Asia.

It sits within the topics Poaceae, Poaceae genera and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
16
With media
12
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US, A, IND, MO, NY, MNHN
Recorded in
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Cameroon, Philippines, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, PolynéSie FrançAise

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Phareae
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Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalised. To which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious (14782761962).jpg
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Leptaspis
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Category:Leptaspis
taxon common name
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Leptaspis
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Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific. Species Leptaspis angustifolia Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. - New Guinea, Fiji Leptaspis banksii R.Br. - Queensland, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand Leptaspis zeylanica Nees ex Steud. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia to Zimbabwe; Madagascar, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands Formerly included see Scrotochloa Leptaspis manillensis - Scrotochloa urceolata Leptaspis tararaensis - Scrotochloa tararaensis Leptaspis urceolata - Scrotochloa urceolata

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leptaspis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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