Leptagrostis is a genus of bunchgrasses in the tribe Molinieae of the grass family, Poaceae, native to eastern Africa.Hubbard, Charles Edward 1937. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1937: 63Hubbard, Charles Edward 1940. Kew Bulletin 1939: 645 — Leptagrostis schimperiana.Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora: Leptagrostis schimperiana
The only known species is Leptagrostis schimperiana. It is endemic to Ethiopia.Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. (Leptagrostis schimperiana); The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala
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