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|accepted_name=Leptochloa chinensis
|accepted_authority=(L.) Nees
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|common_names=Asian sprangletop
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Leptochloa;Leptochloa chinensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leptochloa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leptochloa chinensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 59
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial. <b>Culms</b> 15-100 cm, round, glabrous or appressed-pubescent; internodes hollow. <b>Sheaths</b> sometimes flattened below, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely pilose at the apices; ligules 1.8-5.4 mm, truncate, erose or ciliate; blades (1)5-30 cm long, 4-8 mm wide, glabrous, sometimes scabridulous. <b>Panicles</b> 20-50 cm, with 25-60 racemose branches; branches (1)4-8(14) cm, erect to slightly reflexed, usually straight. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.5-3.7 (4.2) mm, imbricate to somewhat distant, green to tan, with 4-6 florets. <b>Glumes</b> triangular to lanceolate; lower glumes 1.1-1.7 mm; upper glumes 1.6-2 mm; rachilla segments usually visible between the florets; lemmas 1.2-1.7 mm, ovate to elliptic, glabrous or hairy along and between the veins, apices broadly acute or obtuse; paleas glabrous or hairy; anthers 3, 0.4-0.6 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 0.9-1.9 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p>Leptochloa chinensis is not yet known from the Flora region but, if introduced, it could become an aggressive weed because it competes well in undisturbed mesic sites. Although it resembles L. panicea, L. chinensis differs in its glabrous, or nearly glabrous, sheaths and blades.</p>
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name=Leptochloa chinensis
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|authority=(L.) Nees
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|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Leptochloa
|species=Leptochloa chinensis
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