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Leptochloa fusca

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA LILIOPSIDA CYPERALES GRAMINEAE

Scientific Name: Leptochloa fusca
Species Authority: (L.) Kunth
Synonym/s:
Bromus polystachios Forssk.
Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Festuca fusca L.
Taxonomic Notes:

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2011
Assessor/s: Anitha, K.
Reviewer/s: Sadasivaiah, B., Bhat, G.K., Augustine, J., Rao, M.L.V., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S.
Contributor/s: Molur, S.
Justification:
This is a common grass that is widely distributed across Africa, Southeast and East Asia and faces no major threats. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This grass occurs in Tropical Old World and Australia: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India (Cook 1996).

Indian distribution of the species is mainly from  Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Cook 1996). The species is reported from Bombay, Raigad, Satara and Thane of Maharashtra (Lakshminarasimhan 1996). Also seen in Bhosgaon and Pratapgad in Maharashtra (Deshpande et al. 1995). In Tamil Nadu the species is located from Pudukottai, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin (Kabeer and Nair 2009). It is found in Thottappally of Alleppey and Cochin of Ernakulam districts of Kerala (Sreekumar and Nair1991). Apart from these, the species is reported from Damoh in Madhya Pradesh (Roy 2001). Gamble (1928) reported the species from Kistna, Anantapur, Malabar and Tinnevelly, Travancore .
Countries:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia); Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; China; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Ethiopia; Ghana; India (Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia; Japan; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mauritania; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Philippines; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Uganda; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population: It is abundant in its range. Population trends are unknown.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: The species is a tufted perennial. It is not confined to wetlands but frequently found in fresh and brackish water, salt marshes, irrigation ditches, rice fields and along roadsides. The stems are spongy in water.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no specific threats reported for the species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Conservation action not identified for the species.
Citation: Anitha, K. 2011. Leptochloa fusca. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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