Microstegium

Microstegium vimineum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
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)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Rwanda, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, Cameroon, Congo, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iran, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• {Nees, 1836}}: 447.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Microstegium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. 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.

Vernacular names

English: browntop ف
فارسی: چمن جنگلی
മലയാളം: മൈക്രോസ്റ്റീജിയം
中文: 莠竹属

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