''Microstegium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n,
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
n, and
Pacific Island plants in the
sorghum tribe within the
grass family. Browntop is a common name.
; Species
[
; formerly included][
see '' Ischaemum Schizachyrium''
* ''Microstegium pseudeulalia - Schizachyrium pseudeulalia''
* ''Microstegium rupestre - Ischaemum polystachyum''
]
References
Andropogoneae
Grasses of Africa
Grasses of Asia
Grasses of Oceania
Grasses of China
Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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