Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Cynosurus domingensis Jacq.
• Basionym: Cynosurus virgatus L.
• (=) Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin.

Common names:

• tropical sprangletop  (Source: Rheedea) - English

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, [Marie Galante] Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, [Saba, St. Eustatius] St. Kitts and Nevis, [Saint Kitts] St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay


Naturalized

Asia-Tropical

• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea

References:

1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
2. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:362.
3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
4. CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad en Mexico. Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica (SIIT) (on-line resource).
5. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
6. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
8. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
9. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
10. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
11. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
12. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
13. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
14. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
15. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
16. Nowack, R. 1994. Revision of Leptochloa Beauv. (incl. Diplachne Beauv.) (Poaceae) in Malesia. Rheedea 4:90.
17. Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1327. Note: mentions
18. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=21789. Accessed 3 July 2024.