| Microstegium | |
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| Microstegium vimineum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Genus: |
Microstegium Nees 1836 not Lindb. 1865 (moss in Funariaceae) |
| Type species | |
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Microstegium willdenowianum (syn of M. vimineum) Nees ex Steud. |
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Microstegium is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family.Browntop is a common name.