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
- ^ 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.