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{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
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|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>
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'''''Microstegium''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Africa]]n, [[Asia]]n, and [[Pacific Island]] plants in the [[Andropogoneae|sorghum tribe]] within the [[Poaceae|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/>
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* ''[[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]]
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; formerly included<ref name=io/>
see ''[[Ischaemum]] [[Schizachyrium]]'' 
* ''Microstegium pseudeulalia - [[Schizachyrium pseudeulalia]]''  
* ''Microstegium rupestre - [[Ischaemum polystachyum]]''

==References==
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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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