Lepturus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Starr 080603-5593 Lepturus repens.jpg

| image_caption = L. repens

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Lepturus

| authority = R.Br.

| type_species_authority = (G.Forst.) R.Br.

| type_species = Lepturus repens

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=422446 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms = * Ischnurus Balf.f.

• Lepiurus Dumort.
• Leptocercus Raf.
• Leptocereus Raf., illegitimate homonym not (A. Berger) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae)
• Monerma P.Beauv.

}}

Lepturus (common name thintail) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954363#page/75/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005399 Tropicos, Lepturus R. Br][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118294 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 488 细穗草属 xi sui cao shu Lepturus R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810. ][http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/lepturus-0 Ausgras2, Grasses of Australia]C.Michael Hogan. 2011. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Coral_Sea?topic=49523 Coral Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lepturus The Plant List search for Lepturus][http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:322693# Atlas of Living Australia]

• Lepturus anadabolavensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus androyensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus boinensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus calcareus Cope - Socotra
• Lepturus copeanus B.K.Simon - Australia
• Lepturus geminatus C.E.Hubb. - Australia
• Lepturus humbertianus A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus minutus B.K.Simon - Queensland
• Lepturus nesiotes Cope - Socotra
• Lepturus perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar
• Lepturus pulchellus (Balf.f.) Clayton - Socotra
• Lepturus radicans (Steud.) A.Camus - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, India
• Lepturus repens (J.R.Forst.) R.Br. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Chagos Is, Mauritius, Rodrigues I, Aldabra, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is, Paracel Is, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Cocos Is, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Christmas I, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Australia (including on Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait{{cite web|url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/450-458/455.pdf |title=Natural History Of Bramble Cay, Torres Strait |first= Joanna C.|last= Ellison |series=Atoll Research Bulletin No. 455 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226041803/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/450-458/455.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2009 |df=dmy |date=September 1998|publisher= National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution}}), many of the Pacific Islands
• Lepturus tenuis Balf.f. - Socotra
• Lepturus xerophilus Domin - Australia

; Formerly included

Numerous species now considered better suited in other genera: Deschampsia, Hemarthria, Henrardia, Hainardia, Oropetium, Parapholis