Lepturus

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Thintails
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
(unranked) Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Leptureae (but see text)
Genus: Lepturus
Species

Several, see text

Thintail (Lepturus) is a grass genus in the Poaceae family. The related monotypic genus Hainardia was formerly included in Lepturus.

This is the namesake genus of the tribe Leptureae, but the validity of this group, like so many proposed Chloridoideae tribes, requires verification.

[edit] Selected species