Microstegium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: incertae sedis
Genus: Microstegium
Species: M. batangense – M. biaristatum – M. borianum – M. brandisii – M. butuoense – M. delicatulum – M. dispar – M. eucnemis – M. falconeri – M. fasciculatum – M. fauriei – M. geniculatum – M. glabratum – M. japonicum – M. lanceolatum – M. monoracemum – M. multicilatum – M. nudum – M. petiolare – M. rufispicum – M. somae – M. spectabile – M. stapfii – M. steenisii – M. tenue – M. vimineum

Name

Microstegium Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 447 (1836)
Type species: Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 260 (1922)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Dactylus Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 3 (1768)
Ephebopogon Nees & Meyen ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 556 (1840), nom. inval.
Leptatherum Nees, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 92 (1841)
Psilopogon Hochst., Flora 29: 117 (1846)
Nemastachys Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 357 (1854)
Coelarthron Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 163 (1896)
Ischnochloa Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2466 (1896)
Polliniopsis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 7: 76 (1918)

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1836) A Natural System of Botany 447.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Microstegium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Microstegium. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
Tropicos.org 2013. Microstegium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Microstegium. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

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]

see Ischaemum Schizachyrium

Microstegium pseudeulalia - Schizachyrium pseudeulalia
Microstegium rupestre - Ischaemum polystachyum

References

Tropicos, Microstegium Nees
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
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Microstegium". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 July 2015.