Microchloa

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 afra Nees - central and southern Africa
  • Microchloa altera (Rendle) Stapf - central + southern Africa
  • Microchloa annua (Kupicha & Cope) Cope - Zambia
  • 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[5]
  1. ^ Tropicos, Microchloa R. Br.
  2. ^ a b "Microchloa R.Br." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  3. ^ NRCS. "Microchloa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208 in Latin
  5. ^ "Search for 'Microchloa'". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-23.