Leptaspis

Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Species^[8]

• Leptaspis angustifolia Summerh. & C.E.Hubb. - New Guinea, Fiji
• Leptaspis banksii R.Br. - Queensland, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand
• Leptaspis zeylanica Nees ex Steud. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia to Zimbabwe; Madagascar, Comoros, Sri Lanka, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Formerly included^[8]

Leptaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pharoideae
Tribe:	Phareae
Genus:	Leptaspis R.Br.[1]
Type species
Leptaspis banksii R.Br.[2]

see Scrotochloa

• Leptaspis manillensis - Scrotochloa urceolata
• Leptaspis tararaensis - Scrotochloa tararaensis
• Leptaspis urceolata - Scrotochloa urceolata