Leptocarydion is a genus of African and Arabic plants in the grass family.Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich ex Stapf, Otto. 1898 Flora Capensis 7: 316 in EnglishGrassbase - The World Online Grass FloraTropicos, Leptocarydion Hochst. ex Stapf Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotidinae, and Trichoneurinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 63(2): 275–286
Species The only known species is Leptocarydion vulpiastrum, native to Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Yemen and Madagascar.
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