Biology:Microchloa
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Short description: Genus of grasses
| Microchloa | |
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| Microchloa kunthii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Tracheophytes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Angiosperms |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Monocots |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Commelinids |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Poales |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Poaceae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chloridoideae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cynodonteae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Eleusininae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Microchloa R.Br. |
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| Rottboellia setacea (syn of M. indica) Roxb.[1]
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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
- ↑ Tropicos, Microchloa R. Br.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Microchloa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MICRO. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208 in Latin
Wikidata ☰ Q3310031 entry
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