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Annual (in ours). Inflorescence of 1-many subdigitate racemes. Spikelets all alike or nearly so, paired, one sessile, one pedicellate, dorsally flattened with an obtuse callus. Rhachis internodes and pedicels slender, filiform to clavate. Lower glume with a median groove on the back, sharply inflexed on the flanks, acute to 2-dentate. Upper glume often awned. Lower floret variable, often male or rudimentary. Upper lemma entire to 2-fid with a glabrous awn.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Microstegium Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=226
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Microstegium

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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]
formerly included[2]

see Ischaemum Schizachyrium

References

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

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Microstegium is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family. Browntop is a common name.

Species 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

see Ischaemum Schizachyrium

Microstegium pseudeulalia - Schizachyrium pseudeulalia Microstegium rupestre - Ischaemum polystachyum
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