{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Microstegium vimineum NPS-1.jpg |image_caption = ''Microstegium vimineum'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Microstegium |authority = Nees 1836 not Lindb. 1865 (moss in Funariaceae) |type_species = ''Microstegium willdenowianum''<br>(syn of ''M. vimineum)''<ref name=u/> |type_species_authority = Nees ex Steud.<ref name=u/> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=u>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019477 Tropicos, ''Microstegium'' Nees ]</ref><ref name=io>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=424303 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> |synonyms = * ''Eulalia'' sect. ''Microstegium'' <small>( Nees ) Kuntze</small> <ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=138032-3&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DMicrostegium%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index]</ref> * ''Dactylus'' <small>Burm.f. 1768 not Forssk. 1775 nor Asch. 1864</small> * ''Leptatherum'' <small>Nees</small> * ''Psilopogon'' <small>Hochst.</small> * ''Nemastachys'' <small>Steud.</small> * ''Coelarthron'' <small>Hook.f.</small> * ''Ischnochloa'' <small>Hook.f.</small> * ''Polliniopsis'' <small>Hayata</small> }}
'''''Microstegium''''' is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family.<ref>Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel in Lindley, John. 1836. Natural System of Botany 447.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120657 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 593 <big>莠竹属</big> you zhu shu ''Microstegium'' Nees in Lindley]</ref> '''Browntop''' is a common name.<ref>{{PLANTS|id=MICRO7|taxon=Microstegium|accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref>
; Species<ref name=io/> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''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<ref name=io/> see ''Ischaemum Schizachyrium'' * ''Microstegium pseudeulalia - Schizachyrium pseudeulalia'' * ''Microstegium rupestre - Ischaemum polystachyum''
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Category:Andropogoneae Category:Grasses of Africa Category:Grasses of Asia Category:Grasses of Oceania Category:Grasses of China<!--many species--> Category:Poaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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