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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Microstegium Nees

This genus name was first published in Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. , ed. 2: 447 (1836)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000024227.

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Synonyms of Microstegium

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Coelarthron	Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India 7: 163 (1896)	wfo-4000008813
Ephebopogon	Nees & Meyen ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 556 (1840)	wfo-4000013539
Ischnochloa	Hook.f.	Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2466 (1896)	wfo-4000019225
Leptatherum	Nees	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 92 (1841)	wfo-4000021203
Nemastachys	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 357 (1854)	wfo-4000025533
Polliniopsis	Hayata	Icon. Pl. Formosan. 7: 76 (1918)	wfo-4000030663

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Microstegium:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Microstegium ciliatum var. laxum	(Steud.) Reeder	J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 338 1948	—	wfo-0000879955
Microstegium ciliatum var. wallichianum	(Steud.) Honda	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 405 1930	—	wfo-0000879956
Microstegium multiciliatum	B.S.Sun	J. Yunnan Univ., Ser. A. 21(2): 95 (1999)		wfo-0000879989
Microstegium triaristatum	B.M.Yang	J. Hunan Agric. Coll. 1:100 1980	—	wfo-0001251037