Poaceae
Leersia

Leersia virginica Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 325 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada to Central & E. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Brazil South

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2013 Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6079] Brazil K001055025 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Dusén, P. [7905] Brazil K001055028 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Jönsson, G. [183a] Brazil K001055027 Yes
Goldman, D.; Hewitt, D.; Lendemer, J.; Moore, G.; Roberts, B.; Schuyler, E. [3791] United States K002360411 Yes
Nealley, G.C. [s.n.] United States K002360422 Yes
{Dr. Frank} [s.n.] United States K002360410 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Rudman, R.; Johnson, F.L. [S0764] United States K002360414 Yes
Lawrence; Kansas [1038] United States K002360416 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002360425 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002360450 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002360442 Yes
W. H. [Miushall] [s.n.] Canada K002360406 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [4755] Brazil K001055024 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002360445 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002360427 Yes
{Dr. Torrey} [s.n.] K002360438 Yes
Pammel, L.H. [110] United States K002360429 Yes
Chase, V.H. [10620] United States K002360412 Yes
Pyrah, G.L. [904] K002360421 Yes
Barbour, W.C.; Kneucker, A. [305] United States K002360418 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002360443 Yes
Moser [s.n.] K002360449 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [C5] Canada K002360405 Yes
Radford, A.E. [42640] United States K002360435 Yes
Dore, W.G.; Calder, J.A.; Cody, W.J. [47-991] Canada K002360407 Yes
Fisher, G.L. [713] United States K002360455 Yes
Eggert, H. [218] United States K002360444 Yes
{Robert Peter. M. D.} [s.n.] United States K002360423 Yes
Chase, A. [s.n.] United States K002360426 Yes
Townsend, D. [s.n.] K002360447 Yes
Frank, B. [s.n.] United States K002360453 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F. [24361] Canada K002360404 Yes
{Olney} [s.n.] K002360448 Yes
Pyrah, G.L. [1039] United States K002360419 Yes
Maclnnes, W.L.; Lubke, R.A. [456] United States K002360454 Yes
Dore, W.G. [247] Canada K002360408 Yes
Lapham, I.A. [s.n.] United States K002360446 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2551] United States K002360417 Yes
Chase, V.H. [8996] United States K002360434 Yes
Wilcox, E.N. [70] United States K002360430 Yes
Maclones, U.L.; Lubke, R.A. [378] United States K002360420 Yes
Chase, V.H. [10612] United States K002360413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002360441 Yes
Chase, V.H. [9015] United States K002360433 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Johnson, F.L. [C0098] United States K002360415 Yes
Libbey, R.P. [3661/B] United States K002360452 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002360437 Yes
Wilson, F. [1267] United States K002360432 Yes
Peterson, P.; Tiwari, S. [07747] United States K002360409 Yes
Davidse, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Vital, D.M. [11157] Brazil K001055026 Yes
Ball, C.R. [139] United States K002360428 Yes
[S. C. MacKenzie] [780] United States K002360431 Yes
{Short, C.W.; Elliott} [s.n.] United States K002360436 Yes
Valls, J.; Soderstrom, T.; Irgang, B. [2582] Brazil K001055023 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images