Microchloa
Microchloa kunthii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Microchloa
R.Br.
Type species
Rottboellia setacea
(syn of M. indica)
Roxb.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Rendlia Chiov.

Microchloa, or smallgrass,[3] is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere.[4]

Species[2]
  • Microchloa altera (Rendle) Stapf - central + southern Africa
  • Microchloa annua (Kupicha & Cope) Cope - Zambia
  • Microchloa caffra Nees - central + southern Africa
  • Microchloa ensifolia Rendle - Angola
  • Microchloa indica (L.f.) P.Beauv. - tropical Africa, southern China, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Java, Philippines, Northern Territory of Australia
  • Microchloa kunthii Desv. - Africa, southern Asia (Yemen to Vietnam), southwestern USA (Arizona, Texas), Mexico, Central America, South America (Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia)
formerly included[2]

see Brachyachne

  • Microchloa ciliaris - Brachyachne ciliaris
  • Microchloa convergens - Brachyachne convergens
  • Microchloa fibrosa - Brachyachne fulva
  • Microchloa fulva - Brachyachne fulva
  • Microchloa obtusiflora - Brachyachne obtusiflora
  • Microchloa patentiflora - Brachyachne patentiflora
  • Microchloa tenella - Brachyachne tenella

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Microchloa R. Br.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Microchloa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208 in Latin


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