Leersia hexandra Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21 1788. (Syn: Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella brasiliensis (Spreng.) Schult.; Asprella hexandra (Sw.) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella mexicana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella purpurea Bojer [Invalid]; Blepharochloa ciliata Endl.; Homalocenchrus gouinii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze; Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Sw.) Kuntze; Hygroryza ciliata (Retz.) Steud.; Leersia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Leersia aegyptiaca Fig. & De Not.; Leersia australis R.Br.; Leersia brasiliensis Spreng.; Leersia capensis C.Muell.; Leersia ciliaris Griff.; Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb.; Leersia compressa A.Chev.; Leersia contracta Nees; Leersia dubia Aresch.; Leersia elongata Willd. ex Trin. [Invalid]; Leersia ferox Fig. & De Not.; Leersia glaberrima Trin.; Leersia gouinii E.Fourn.; Leersia gouinii E. Fourn. ex Hemsl.; Leersia gracilis Willd. ex Trin. [Invalid]; Leersia griffithiana C.Muell.; Leersia luzonensis J.Presl; Leersia mauritanica Salzm. ex Trin.; Leersia mauritiaca Salzm. ex Trin.; Leersia mexicana Kunth; Leersia mexicana Rupr. ex E. Fourn.; Leersia parviflora Desv.; Leersia triniana Sieber ex Trin. [Invalid]; Oryza australis R.Br. ex Schweinf. [Invalid]; Oryza hexandra (Sw.) Döll .; Oryza mexicana (Kunth) Döll; Pharus ciliatus Retz.; Pseudoryza ciliata (Retz.) Griff.; Turraya napalensis Wall. [Invalid]; Zizania ciliata (Retz.) Spreng.);
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Tropics & Subtropics: Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Common name: Rice Grass, Southern Cutgrass, Clubhead cutgrass, Swamp rice grass • Assamese: এৰালী Erali, এৰালীবোন Erali-bon • Nepali: नवो धान Navo dhan
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grass Leersia hexandra ? from Hooghly 1/11/12 sk2:

Could this be Leersia hexandra Swartz.?
Species : Leersia hexandra Swartz. ?
H & H : grass found on the edge of a pond; about 2.5 feet (erect part); leaves 15 cm x 5 mm
Date : 31/10/12, 1.40 p.m.
Place : Hooghly

Yes it is Leersia hexandra.


A Bengali book mentions this grass as JOL-GHAS in Bengali.


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Grass ID: found on edge of wetland: 4 images.
Growing in mono-dominant stands

black soil
25/11/2021
Bhopal

Leersia hexandra



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References:
POWO  Flowers of India

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