Poaceae

Microstegium Nees

First published in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 447 (1836)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Uganda to S. Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, 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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.226753. epublication.
  • Chen, C.H., Veldkamp, J.-F. & Kuoh, C.S. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s.str. (Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57: 160-189.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Lindley, Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 447 (1836).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bor in Kew Bull. 7: 209–223 (1952).
  • in Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 447 (1836).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bor in K.B. 7: 209 (1952)
  • in Lindl., Nat. Syst., ed. 2: 447 (1836)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Kloss, C.B. [14788] Indonesia K000290146 Type Yes
Lazarides, M. [7462] Thailand K000688607 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0