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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Leptochloa panicea is distributed in Africa, Asia-temperate, Asia-tropical, Australasia and America. In India it is distributed in Madhya Pradesh (Damoh) (Roy 2001), Andhra Pradesh (Anakapalli) (Rao and Kumari 2008), Tamil Nadu (Kabeer and Nair 2009) and Maharashtra (Amaravati, Aurangabad, Bombay, Nagpur) (Lakshminrrasimhan 1996, Rao and Kumari 2008).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Argentina; Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brazil; Cambodia; Canada; Chile; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Indonesia; Japan (Kyushu); Kenya; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Mexico (Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Philippines; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Uganda; United States; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]
Population: This is a fairly common species in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Current Population Trend: Stable
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Leptochloa panicea is an annual slender grass found in damp or periodically flooded places but not wetland species (Cook 1996) and also grows in riverbanks, lake margins, sloughs, bottomland forest openings, ditches, roadsides and railroads (www.missouriplants.com). It is a weed of rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, sugarcane, peanuts and pastures (Waterhouse and Mitchell 1998).
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: No
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade:
This plant is used as fodder (Kabeer and Nair 2009).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): No threats has been reported for this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are known or needed for this species.
Citation: Kumar, B. 2011. Leptochloa panicea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T164493A5891942. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T164493A5891942.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2016.
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