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Microstegium

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Microstegium
Microstegium vimineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Eulalia sect. Microstegium ( Nees ) Kuntze [3]
  • Dactylus Burm.f. 1768 not Forssk. 1775 nor Asch. 1864
  • Leptatherum Nees
  • Psilopogon Hochst.
  • Nemastachys Steud.
  • Coelarthron Hook.f.
  • Ischnochloa Hook.f.
  • Polliniopsis Hayata

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]
formerly included[2]

see Ischaemum Schizachyrium

References

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  1. ^ a b c Tropicos, Microstegium Nees
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  4. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel in Lindley, John. 1836. Natural System of Botany 447.
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 593 莠竹属 you zhu shu Microstegium Nees in Lindley
  6. ^ NRCS. "Microstegium". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 July 2015.