Microstegium
| Microstegium | |
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| Microstegium vimineum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Genus: | Microstegium Nees 1836 not Lindb. 1865 (moss in Funariaceae) |
| Type species | |
| Microstegium willdenowianum (syn of M. vimineum)[1] Nees ex Steud.[1]
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Microstegium is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family.[4][5] Browntop is a common name.[6]
- Species[2]
- Microstegium batangense - Sichuan
- Microstegium biaristatum - East + Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea
- Microstegium borianum - Meghalaya
- Microstegium brandisii - Taiwan, Myanmar, Java, Bali, Flores, Sulawesi
- Microstegium butuoense - Sichuan
- Microstegium delicatulum - Yunnan, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
- Microstegium dispar - Java, Bali, Flores
- Microstegium eucnemis - India, Nepal, Southeast Asia, New Guinea
- Microstegium falconeri - Himalayas
- Microstegium fasciculatum - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, tropical Africa
- Microstegium fauriei - Taiwan
- Microstegium geniculatum - China, Southeast Asia
- Microstegium glabratum - Philippines, Indonesia, Hainan, Papuasia, Micronesia, Ryukyu Islands, Society Islands
- Microstegium japonicum - China, Japan, Korea
- Microstegium lanceolatum - Yunnan
- Microstegium monoracemum - Guangdong
- Microstegium nudum - China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, tropical + southern Africa
- Microstegium petiolare - Yunnan, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand
- Microstegium rufispicum - Java
- Microstegium somae - Anhui, Fujian, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
- Microstegium spectabile - Papuasia, Southeast Asia, Hainan, Taiwan, Hong Kong
- Microstegium stapfii - Myanmar
- Microstegium steenisii - Java
- Microstegium tenue - Taiwan, Luzon, Kosrae
- Microstegium vimineum - Primorye, China, Japan, Korea, Himalayas, Southeast Asia; invasive in North America and in parts of Africa
- formerly included[2]
- Microstegium pseudeulalia - Schizachyrium pseudeulalia
- Microstegium rupestre - Ischaemum polystachyum
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tropicos, Microstegium Nees
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The International Plant Names Index
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel in Lindley, John. 1836. Natural System of Botany 447.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 593 莠竹属 you zhu shu Microstegium Nees in Lindley
- ^ NRCS. "Microstegium". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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