Leptagrostis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| genus = Leptagrostis

| parent_authority = C.E.Hubb.

| species = schimperiana

| authority = (Hochst.) C.E.Hubb.

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422190 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

• Calamagrostis schimperiana Hochst.

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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.[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00334.htm 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