Microchloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Microchloa kunthii imported from iNaturalist photo 93531107 on 7 January 2024.jpg

| image_caption = Microchloa kunthii

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| taxon = Microchloa

| authority = R.Br.

| type_species = Rottboellia setacea
(syn of M. indica)

| type_species_authority = Roxb.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018797 Tropicos, Microchloa R. Br.]

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| synonyms = * Rendlia Chiov.

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Microchloa, or smallgrass,{{PLANTS|id=MICRO|taxon=Microchloa|accessdate=9 July 2015}} 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.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954364#page/76/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208] in Latin

; Species{{Cite POWO|title=Microchloa R.Br..|id=30301425-2|access-date=2024-11-23|mode=cs1}}

• 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{{cite web |title=Search for 'Microchloa' |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Microchloa |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=2024-11-23}}

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• Microchloa ciliaris - Cynodon simonii
• Microchloa convergens - Cynodon convergens
• Microchloa fibrosa - Micrachne fulva
• Microchloa fulva - Micrachne fulva
• Microchloa obtusiflora - Micrachne obtusiflora
• Microchloa patentiflora - Micrachne patentiflora
• Microchloa tenella - Cynodon tenellus

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