Leptothrium
# Leptothrium

Leptothrium is a genus of African, Asian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family.

## Species

* Leptothrium rigidum Kunth - Jamaica, Hispaniola, Colombia, Venezuela
* Leptothrium senegalense (Kunth) Clayton - Africa from Cape Verde to Tanzania and Egypt; Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan

## homonym

The name Leptothrium in its current sense was coined by Karl Sigismund Kunth in 1829. The same author had used the same name earlier, in 1816, to refer to a species of orchid. This appears to have been in error, with the name merely listed as a synonym, but the name was nevertheless published so it must be considered a homonym. One species name was coined in 1816 using this homonym, i.e.

