taxonID	type	description	language	source
896687F32672FF92FFB9F9FB822A0F29.taxon	description	Coelarthron Hook. f. (1896 a) 163. — Type: Coelarthron brandisii Hook. f. [= Microstegium brandisii (Hook. f.) Rhind]. Ischnochloa Hook. f. (Apr. 1896 a) 147; (May 1896 b) t. 2466. — Type: Ischnochloa falconeri Hook. f. [= Microstegium falconeri (Hook. f.) Clayton].	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32672FF92FFB9F9FB822A0F29.taxon	distribution	Distribution — At least 16 species and one variety in the (sub) tropics of the Old World. Notes — According to the Nees manuscript in E Leptatherum and L. royleanum were renamings of Pollinia Trin. and P. nuda Trin. (Dr. H. J. Noltie, in litt.). The type of Microstegium willdenovianum has not been found in the Willdenow herbarium (B, using IDC microfiche 7440), making the correct application of the generic name somewhat uncertain. Nees’s description, however, refers clearly enough to the current concept. Steudel (1854 b: 411), who saw Nees’s specimens in B, cited Arthraxon 8838 Wall. Cat. (the type of Andropogon vimineus) Panicum – Hornem. in Herb. Willd. As the specimen was collected in Nepal, it most likely would also be a Wallich collection, many of which, if not all, Willdenow got through Hornemann. There is no Arthraxon, Leptatherum, Microstegium, or Pollinia listed in the catalogue to the IDC microfiche. The specimen was not found under Panicum (or Andropogon and some other educated guesses).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32677FF97FFB9FC8B832908F8.taxon	description	Annuals, mat-forming. Culms rambling, slender, 25 – 40 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous or puberulous, outer margin glabrous, oral hairs scanty or absent. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 0.5 – 0.75 mm long. Blades ovate to lanceolate, 1.5 – 8 cm by 6 – 15 mm, firm, margins smooth, apex acute, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Panicles 3 – 7 cm long. Racemes solitary, ascending, straight or arcuate. Rachis angular, margins villous, internodes pyriform, 3 – 4 mm long. Sessile spikelets oblong to lanceolate, 3 – 6 mm long, callus pilose or setose. Lower glume oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally concave, scaberulous all over, glabrous, margins ciliate or setose, apex acute, entire or dentate. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib ciliate, apex acute, mucro 1 – 5 mm long. Lower florets absent to paleate, male. Lower lemma when present, oblong to lanceolate, c. 4 mm long. Upper lemma lanceolate, 1.5 – 2.25 mm long, without veins, apex entire or incised to 0.33 – 0.5 th of the lemma length, awn apical or from a sinus, geniculate, column straight to twisted, 11 – 16 mm long. Upper palea elliptic, 1 – 2 mm long, 0.75 th times as long as the lemma, membranous. Anthers 3, 1.5 – 2.5 mm long. Pedicels broadly clavate, V-shaped, 2.5 – 3 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets variously reduced, male or neuter. Distribution — Burma (provenance of type uncertain), Malesia: W to E Java (Padalarang to Madura), and Taiwan. Habitat — Grassy road margins, near Tectona grandis (Teak), on bare limestone, 50 – 700 m altitude. Collector’s notes — Caespitose. Rachis fragile. Notes — Microstegium brandisii is usually treated as a synonym of M. eucnemis. However, M. eucnemis has erect culms and its inflorescence has 3 – 5 digitate racemes. Microstegium brandisii has procumbent culms and its inflorescence is a solitary raceme. In our opinion, it is more appropriate to combine it with M. clavigerum. This is another example of a disjunct distribution of drought plants between Burma and E Java. Curiously, it has been also found in Taiwan recently.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32677FF97FD73FD0D82450C22.taxon	distribution	Distribution — India (Assam), Burma (Pegu, Mandalay, Rangoon, Shan), Thailand (N: Nan; E: Nakhon Ratchasima), China (Guangdong, Yunnan). Habitat — Forest margins, roadsides, c. 600 m altitude.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32674FF94FFB9FD6083610904.taxon	description	Annuals, mat-forming. Culms prostrate, of moderate stature, 60 – 150 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes pubescent. Sheaths glabrous or pilose, outer margin glabrous, oral hairs absent, or bearded. Ligule a ciliolate membrane, 0.2 – 0.5 mm long. Blades lanceolate to linear, 2 – 12 cm by 3 – 10 mm, firm, base attenuate, margins scabrous, apex acute or acuminate, below glabrous to sparsely to densely pilose with tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 3.5 – 7 cm long, common axis c. 0.5 cm long. Racemes 2 – 5, digitate, ascending to patent, straight, 2 – 6 cm long. Rachis semiterete, margins ciliate, internodes linear, 3.25 – 4.75 mm long. Sessile spikelets lanceolate, 4 – 6 mm long, callus setose. Lower glume lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally flat or concave, smooth, pilose at base, margins setose, apex acute, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, pilose near the base, midrib glabrous, apex acute, muticous. Lower florets well-developed, paleate or epaleate. Lower lemma oblong, 3.5 – 4.5 mm long. Upper lemma lanceolate, 2.5 – 3.5 mm long, without veins, apex incised to 0.5 – 0.75 th of the lemma length, awn from a sinus, geniculate, column straight or slightly twisted, 10 – 17 mm long. Upper palea absent or minute. Anthers 3, 2.5 – 3 mm long. Pedicels linear, semiterete, 2.5 – 3 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets variously reduced. Distribution — Malesia: Java (Priangan to Besuki: Arjuno, Hyang, Ijen, Ipis, Kawi, Kelut, Lawu, Merbabu, Papandajan, Sindoro, Sumbing), Lesser Sunda Islands (( Bali (Abang, Agung), Lombok (Rinjani )). Habitat — Locally abundant in sunny open areas, grass jungles, Casuarina forest, colouring the vegetation pink (Van Steenis 4554, BO), 1500 – 2800 m altitude. Collector’s notes — Culms erectopatent, or, on slopes, patent to hanging, red. Blades obliquely deflexed, red suffused. Note — Distribution disjunct.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32674FF9AFD70FC5986220EDF.taxon	distribution	Distribution — N India, S India (disjunct!), Nepal, Lower Burma (frequent), Thailand (SE: Chanthaburi), Laos (Savan- nakhet), Malesia: Philippines (Luzon), SW Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores, Timor, Wetar), reported for the Vogelkop (Ohwi 1942 b) but specimen not seen. Habitat — Thickets, open Arundinaria woodland, sandy soil (pH 5.5 – 6.0), at low altitude. Collector’s notes — Perennial. Compact erect tussocks, 1.1 – 1.5 m, rather high and branched. Foliage harsh to the touch. Inflorescence purplish. Uses — Heavily grazed. Notes — ‘ eucnemis ’ is a noun not to be declined (with a beautiful shin plate: perhaps referring to the swollen joints). Distribution disjunct.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3267AFF9AFFB9FB2685330274.taxon	distribution	Distribution — India (NW Himalaya), Bhutan. Habitat — Mossy rocks, c. 2000 m altitude.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3267AFF9FFD73FD56823F0F5E.taxon	description	Pollinia grata Hack. var. hirsuta Hook. f. (1896 a) 116. — Type: Kurz 1207 (holo K).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3267AFF9FFD73FD56823F0F5E.taxon	description	pseudopetiole absent, margins scabrous, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous to densely pilose on both sides with tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 5 – 15 cm long, common axis 1 – 3 cm long. Racemes 3 – 25, usually digitate, sometimes racemose, ascending, straight, 4 – 15 cm long. Rachis fragile, angular, margins ciliate, internodes linear, 2 – 3 mm long. Sessile spikelets oblong, 2.5 – 4.5 mm long, callus pilose or setose. Lower glume elliptic to oblong, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally flat or longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex emarginate or obtuse, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib ciliate, apex entire, acute to acuminate, muticous or mucro up to 4 mm long. Lower florets absent (‘ monantha’) or when present reduced, male, paleate or sterile, epaleate. Upper lemma orbicular, 0.5 – 1.25 mm long, without veins, glabrous, apex incised to 0.1 – 0.25 th of the lemma length, awn absent (forma mutica) or present (forma ‘ aristata ’), from a sinus, geniculate, column twisted, 3 – 20 mm long. Upper palea oblong, 0.3 – 1 mm long, as long as the lemma, membranous, apex entire. Anthers 3, 1 – 2.7 mm long. Pedicels linear, semiterete, 1.5 – 2 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. 2 n = 60. Distribution — Africa (Tanzania, Zaire, Uganda, Congo, Ma- lawi), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, W Bengal, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Burma (widespread), Thailand (N: Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phrae, Tak; NE: Nakhon Phanom, Ranong; E: Chaiyaphum; SE: Chonburi; SW: Kanchanaburi, Rachaburi, Utaithani; Peninsular: Nakorn si Thammarat, Phuket), Vietnam, Laos, S China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Kelantan, Penang, Perlis), Singapore, Sumatra (W, S), Java (widespread), Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa, Timor), Celebes, Moluccas (Morotai), Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao), New Guinea (Vogelkop). Habitat — Open, disturbed areas, fallow fields, roadsides, fire damaged thickets and savannas, clearing in hardwood or deciduous forest, secondary forest, with much bamboo, overgrown rubber plantation, in hedges, shaded river side, dry sandy soil, sandstone, granite, limestone, marl, 0 – 1830 m altitude. Uses — Readily eaten by cattle and horses with a sufficient feeding value. Collector’s notes — Perennial. Roots pale brown. Culms thicket-forming, vegetation forming, scrambling for several meters, erect-decumbent, rooting at the lower nodes, rather weak, (pale) green, green with purple, stramineous, glossy dark violet, 0.6 – 3 m long. Roots pale brown. Blades (glossy) dark green above, dull pale to dark green below. Inflorescence erect, axes yellowish, green, green with violet, dull maroonish. Racemes erectopatent. Spikelets whitish, greyish, pale green with pale green margins and nerves, pale yellowish, turning red-brownish, purplish brown, dull violet, hairs pale pink, white, brown, magenta, maroonish, violet. Paleas pale green, white. Awns glossy brown, dull dark red, maroonish, purple, lower half dark magenta, dark violet, dark maroon, upper half pale brown, tan, whitish. Filaments white. Anthers (pale) yellow, greenish brown with purple dots, orange, tan. Stigmas white, pale green, dark maroon, purple. Notes — Because of the separation here of M. biaristatum and M. fasciculatum, it is not possible to reconstruct the distribution of these species from literature. We based ours on the specimens examined to reconstruct them. Noltie (2000) noted that in most specimens from Bhutan there is a lower floret, but that it is absent in the isotypes of P. wallichiana Nees and P. laxa Nees. Also absent in M. vagans, except in the type where there is a large palea. Microstegium fasciculatum sometimes has the pedicelled spikelet much reduced, whereby in keys the genus cannot be reached: Phakam 69 (Thailand; L). Depicted by Chen & Phillips (2007) as M. ciliatum.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3267FFF9EFD73FAA785EF0802.taxon	distribution	Distribution — Taiwan. Habitat — Montane forests, humid places, trail sides, at medium altitude. Notes — Microstegium geniculatum can be distinguished from M. fauriei mainly by the tomentose leaf blades. In a previ- ous study (Chen et al. 2009), the clade formed by these two taxa had a strong bootstrap support (99 % in both NJ tree and MP tree), but the internal sistergroup relationship did not (69 % in NJ tree and 62 % in MP tree). It seems therefore more appropriate to treat them as varieties. This species has been illustrated by Hsu (1975) and Liu (1997).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3267EFF9EFFB9FD5B822B0ACF.taxon	distribution	Distribution — Vietnam, S China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan), Taiwan, Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Pahang), N Sumatra (Aceh, E Coast), Sabah. Habitat — Open, half shaded place, among boulders, on sand, near small stream, moist slope, slopes under Pinus, along path, roadside, 900 – 2400 m altitude. Collector’s notes — Creeping to scrambling, erect. Inflorescence very pale green. Notes — Roberty (1960: 388, 392) erroneously equated Eulalia geniculata Stapf from Africa with Microstegium geniculatum. We presume the combination Pogonatherum aureum forma geniculatum was based on the first. This species has been illustrated by Hsu (1975) under the name of M. geniculatum and by Chen & Phillips (2007).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3267EFF83FD73FF1086C408CE.taxon	description	Pollinia glabrata (Brongn.) Trin. var. luzonensis Hack., Kneucker Exsicc. 785 (1914); Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 20 (1915) 143. — Type: Kneucker Exsicc. 785 (Fénix & Ramos) (holo KR, lost; BM, K, L, WAG). Microstegium nudum auct. non A. Camus. Annuals, mat-forming. Culms rambling, weak, 25 – 60 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, outer margin glabrous or hairy, oral hairs scanty or absent. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 0.5 – 0.8 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 5 – 16 cm by 2 – 10 mm, flaccid, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, margins scaberulous, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous or sparsely puberulous on both sides, without tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 4 – 10 cm long, common axis 0.5 – 1 cm long. Racemes 4 – 11, digitate, ascending, straight, 4 – 9 cm long. Rachis fragile, flattened, margins glabrous, internodes linear, 2.5 – 3.5 mm long. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, oblong to lanceolate, 2.5 – 3 mm long, callus glabrous or puberulous. Lower glume oblong, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex obtuse, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib ciliate, apex entire, attenuate, mucro c. 0.5 mm long. Lower florets absent. Upper lemma oblong, 0.5 – 1 mm long, without veins, glabrous, apex entire, awn flexuous, column absent, 10 – 15 mm long. Upper palea ovate, 0.5 – 1 mm long, as long as the lemma, membranous, apex entire. Anthers 3, 0.7 – 1 mm long. Pedicels linear, flattened, 2 – 2.5 mm long, margins glabrous. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Samar), Sabah, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Mela- nesia, Micronesia: Palau, Mariana Islands. Polynesia: New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Raiatea. China (Hainan Island). Taiwan. Japan (S Ryukyu Islands). Habitat — Forming dense vegetation, shaded, humid places, in fringe of wood, limestone, on serpentine, red clay, near brook, 80 – 1500 m altitude. c d 1 mm 1 mm 1 mm b 2 cm e 1 mm f g h 1 mm a 1 mm j i Note — Apparently not in India (i. e. not mentioned by Sur 1985) although Wallich mentioned specimens in the Roxburgh herbarium. The line drawing of this species (Fig. 7) has been published previously (Chen et al. 2011 a).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32663FF83FFB8FD1482AA0F1D.taxon	description	Microstegium yunnanense R. J. Yang (1984) 221. — Type: R. J. Yang & Y. G. Han 77025 (holo SYAU). Perennials, mat-forming. Culms rambling or scandent, reed-like or robust, 60 – 100 (– 400) cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes pubescent. Sheaths glabrous, outer margin glabrous or hairy, oral hairs absent. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 3 – 6 mm long. Blades lanceolate or elliptic, 5 – 30 cm long, 10 – 25 mm wide, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, base pseudopetiole present, margins scabrous, apex acuminate, gradually attenuate, pilose, sparsely or moderately hairy on both sides, without tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 6 – 16 cm long, common axis 1.5 – 5 cm long. Racemes 8 – 20, digitate, ascending, straight, 6 – 14 cm long. Rachis fragile, semiterete, margins ciliate, internodes linear, internodes 3 – 4.5 mm long. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, elliptic, 4.5 – 5 mm long, spikelet callus puberulous. Lower glume elliptic, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally concave, scaberulous, rough all over, glabrous, margins ciliate, apex acute, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, acute, muticous. Lower florets present, well-developed, paleate, male or barren, with palea. Lower lemma present, 4 – 5 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma oblong, 3 – 4 mm long, without veins, glabrous, apex incised, incised to 0.5 – 0.6 th of the lemma length, apex awned, awn from a sinus, geniculate, column twisted, (incl. column) 6 – 8 mm long. Upper palea absent or minute. Anthers 3, 2.5 – 3 mm long. Pedicels linear, semiterete, 3.5 – 4 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — India (Meghalaya, Orissa), Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand (Chiangmai, Loei), Burma (Kachin, Mandalay), China (Yunnan). Habitat — Grasslands, thickets, along paths, 1525 – 2100 m altitude. Uses — Forage. Collector’s notes — Culms erect, sometimes scrambling, c. 1.2 m tall. Notes — 1. The species has been illustrated by Chen & Phillips (2007). 2. The collection Evrard 1777 (L, P) from S Vietnam (Dalat) is best placed here, although it differs in some respects. It is a new record for the country. – Ligule 1.5 mm long. Racemes 1 – 7. Lower glume apex emarginate and more or less 2 - winged. Anthers c. 1.7 mm long. Pedicels 2.5 – 3 mm long ............ Evrard 1777 – Ligule 3 – 6 mm long, Blades Racemes 8 – 20. Lower glume apex acute. Anthers 2.5 – 3 mm long. Pedicels 3.5 – 4 mm long ................................. M. petiolare	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32663FF81FD73FA6787960E6E.taxon	description	Perennials, mat-forming. Culms prostrate, reed like or robust, 60 – 500 cm long, without nodal roots, nodes glabrous. Sheaths puberulous to pilose, outer margin hairy, oral hairs bearded. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 1 – 2 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 10 – 25 cm by 8 – 15 mm, flaccid, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, margins scabrous, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous to densely hairy on both sides, without 1 mm tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 5 – 15 cm long, common axis 1 – 3 cm long. Racemes 2 – 5, digitate, ascending, straight, 4 – 15 cm long. Rachis fragile, angular, margins glabrous or ciliate, internodes pyriform, 4 – 6 mm long. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, oblong, 5 – 7 mm long, callus puberulous. Lower glume elliptic, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally concave or longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins ciliate, apex obtuse, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, acute, muticous. Lower florets well-developed, male, paleate to barren, epaleate. Lower lemma lanceolate, 3 – 4 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma elliptic, 3.5 – 4 mm long, without veins, glabrous, apex entire, muticous or awned, awn from a sinus, straight, column absent, awn 0 – 14 mm long. Upper palea present or absent, ovate, 1 – 1.5 mm long, c. 0.33 th times as long as the lemma, membranous, apex entire. Anthers 3, 3 – 4 mm long. Pedicels clavate, semiterete, 4 – 4.5 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets variously reduced. Distribution — Malesia: E Java (Besuki, Pasuruan). Habitat — Forest trail, grass jungles, shrub jungles, grassy slopes, 1500 – 2800 m altitude. Locally numerous to abundant. Uses — Forage. Collector’s notes — Bright green. Note — Backer (1928) distinguished tentatively between Pollinia ciliata aristata Hack. and mutica Hack. as intergrading forms within groups: valid, but rankless. The typical form is awned. Hackel (1889) said that awned and unawned spikelets occur within the same inflorescence, but as a rule they are of a single type, while in large areas only a single form occurs. Backer noted also a difference in the pubescence of the joints and glumes.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32661FF81FFB9FBF784FC0F6D.taxon	description	Annuals, mat-forming. Culms rambling, robust, 100 – 170 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, outer margin glabrous or hairy, oral hairs absent or ciliate. Ligule a glabrous membrane, c. 1 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 10 – 18 cm by 10 – 20 mm, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, margins scabrous, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous. Panicles 7 – 14 cm long, common axis 1 – 2.5 cm long. Racemes 10 – 40, digitate, ascending, straight, 7 – 10 cm long. Rachis fragile, semiterete, margins ciliate, internodes linear, 2.7 – 3.3 mm long. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, oblong to lanceolate, 2.5 – 4 mm long, callus pilose. Lower glume oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib ciliolate, dorsally longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex acute, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, attenuate, muticous or mucro c. 1 mm long. Lower florets absent or present, paleate or barren and epaleate. Lower lemma absent to present, oblong, c. 0.5 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma linear, c. 1 mm long, without veins, glabrous, apex entire, awn apical, flexuous, column absent, 4 – 10 mm long. Upper palea absent or minute. Anthers 3, 1.5 – 2 mm long. Pedicels linear, flattened, 2 – 2.5 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — Burma (Northern part), China (Hong Kong), Taiwan, Malesia: Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes (Tomohon), Philippines (Mindanao), Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores), Moluccas (Halmahera, Ternate), New Guinea (widespread), Micronesia (Solomon Islands). Habitat — Young secondary rain forest, sandy flood banks, 350 – 2000 m alt. Notes — In the forma cryptochaetum from Ponape the awn is absent. Honda (1942: 16) described an endemic species M. okamotoi in Taiwan based on only one specimen which was collected in Kaohsiung County and its holotype is deposited in the herbarium TI. It is odd that after its publication, no other authors mentioned this name anymore (Hsu 1975, 1978, 2000, Koyama 1987, Chen & Phillips 2006). After comparing the type specimen with the specimens deposited in the European herbaria mentioned above, we conclude that M. okamotoi is a synonym of M. spectabile (Chen et al. 2011 b). The line drawing of this species has been published previously (Chen et al. 2011 b).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32661FF87FD73FAF0851C0D3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution — Burma (Arakan, Sagaing). Habitat — Low sandstone hills. Note — Known only from the type specimen.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32667FF85FFB9F846851F0E65.taxon	description	Habitat — Mountains, c. 2040 m altitude. Note — Known only from the type specimen.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32665FF85FFB9FBF884FC095D.taxon	description	Annuals, mat-forming. Culms rambling, weak, 20 – 100 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, outer margin glabrous, oral hairs absent or ciliate. Ligule a glabrous membrane, c. 1 mm long. Blades linear or lanceolate, 4 – 20 cm by 4 – 8 mm, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, margins scabrous, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous to sparsely pilose on both sides, with tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 3 – 5 cm long, common axis c. 0.5 cm long. Racemes 2 – 4, digitate, ascending, straight, 2 – 5 cm long. Rachis fragile, flattened, margins ciliate, internodes pyriform, 1.5 – 2 mm long. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, lanceolate, 2 – 3 mm long, callus puberulous. Lower glume oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex entire or dentate. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, acute, mucro 1 – 3 mm long. Lower florets present, well-developed, paleate or barren, epaleate. Lower lemma lanceolate, c. 1.5 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma lanceolate, c. 0.3 mm long, without veins, glabrous, apex entire, awn geniculate, column twisted, 7 – 12 mm long. Upper palea absent or minute. Anthers 1, c. 0.5 mm long. Pedicels clavate, flattened, c. 1.5 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets variously reduced. Distribution — Taiwan, Philippines (Luzon), Micronesia (Kosrae). Habitat — Dry open slopes, cliffs, 0 – 1200 m altitude. Notes — The only specimen in Taiwan was collected in 1960. It is unclear whether this species is still extant there (Chen et al. 2011 b). The line drawing of this species has been published previously (Chen et al. 2011 b).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32665FF8BFD70FCA383360828.taxon	description	Andropogon lasiocoleos auct. non Steud.: Steud. (1854 b) 383, quoad Buerger s. n. — Arthraxon lanceolatus Miq. (1866) 288 (‘ lanceolatum ’), non Hochst. (1856). — Lectotype: Buerger s. n. (holo L, sh. 908.83 - 1054), designated here. Annuals, mat-forming. Culms decumbent, of moderate stature, 10 – 50 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes glabrous or pubescent. Sheaths glabrous, outer margin glabrous or hairy, oral hairs absent, or scanty, ciliate. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 0.5 – 1.5 mm long. Blades elliptic or oblong, 5 – 10 cm by 7 – 15 (– 19) mm, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, margins scabrous, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous to densely pilose on both sides, with or without tubercle-based hairs. Panicles 3 – 9 cm long, common axis 0 – 2.5 cm long. Racemes 1 – 6, solitary or digitate, erect or patent, straight, 3 – 7 cm long. Rachis fragile, flattened, margins ciliate, internodes linear, 4 – 5 mm long. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, elliptic to lanceolate, 3.5 – 6.5 mm long, callus glabrous or pilose. Lower glume elliptic to lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous or ciliate, apex obtuse or acute, entire or erose. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, acute, muticous. Lower florets absent to present and well-developed, paleate, male. Lower lemma present or absent, oblong, 1.5 – 3.5 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma linear, 0.5 – 2 mm long, veined, glabrous, apex incised to 0.25 th of the lemma length, apex mucronate or awned, awn apical or from a sinus, awn straight or geniculate, column absent or straight to slightly twisted, 1 – 32 mm long. Upper palea absent to present, oblong, 0.5 – 2 mm long, as long as the lemma, membranous, apex entire. Anthers 3, 0.3 – 0.5 mm long. Pedicels linear, flattened, 3.5 – 4.5 mm long, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — Africa (Congo, Cameroon), NW Iran, Paki- stan, India (W Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, Burma (Chin), Indo-China to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku), Korea, introduced in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, United States (East and Gulf Coast); Malesia, apparently very rare and local, extant?: Java (Backer 16258 (BO): Pekalongan, Yosorejo, LÖrzing 162, 163, 289 (BO): Sindoro near Sibajak, not in Monod de Froideville (1968), Philippines (Luzon, Mt Polis, Mt Pulog). Habitat — Very wide, from saturated wetlands to rocky areas, under closed canopies, along paths, ditches, disturbed areas, 1200 – 2000 m altitude. Vernacular name — Japanese stilt grass, Nepalese brown- top. Uses — Regarded as a noxious weed in the USA (Ehrenfeld 1999, who described it as a rhizomatous perennial). Notes — According to many authors there would be two infra-specific taxa based on the presence or absence of an awn in the sessile spikelets (‘ imberbe, willdenovianum ’). The form without an awn is perhaps at most to be called Microstegium vimineum forma willdenovianum. Inflorescences with muticous basal spikelets were described as Eulalia viminea var. variabilis. Sometimes the pedicelled spikelet is so much reduced, that in keys the genus cannot be identified (Noltie 2000). Camus (1922) noted cleistogamous florets here and in the synonymous M. debile, where the anthers were not exerted, but remained inside the spikelet even in fruit. Cleistogamous inflorescences would be hidden in the sheath (Ehrenfeld 1999). Chen & Phillips (2006) noted that M. reticulatum “ represents an extreme local variant from the Microstegium vimineum complex. It is distinguished from typical M. vimineum by the combination of a more delicate habit, broader leaf blades, and a conspicuously reticulately veined lower glume ”. Although we have not seen the type, we find these characters insufficient to recognise the taxon at any level. Note the disjunct distribution. Curiously, no collections from Thailand have been seen although the collections in BM, E, K, L, and P have been searched. This species has been illustrated by Hsu (1975), Osada (1993), and Liu (1997), and by Chen & Phillips (2007) as both M. reticulatum and M. vimineum	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3266BFF8AFD73FD77851A0B35.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Perennials. Culms geniculately ascending or decumbent, slender, 20 – 45 cm long. Nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 0.6 – 1 mm long. Blades lanceolate to linear, 1 – 5.5 cm by 15 – 20 mm, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous to moderately hairy, without tubercle-based hairs. Panicles c. 6.5 cm long. Racemes solitary, ascending, straight, 3.5 – 6.5 cm long. Rachis fragile, semiterete, margins ciliate, internodes long, slender. Sessile spikelets lanceolate, 6 – 7.8 mm long, callus pilose. Lower glume lanceolate to linear, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally longitudinally grooved, scaberulous, rough all over, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex acuminate, entire. Upper glume elliptic, back rounded, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, acute, awned. Lower florets paleate, male. Lower lemma lanceolate, muticous. Upper lemma linear, 3.5 – 4 mm long, veined, ciliate, hairy all along the margins, apex incised to 0.5 th of the lemma length, awn from a sinus, geniculate, column twisted, (incl. column) 10 – 14 mm long. Upper palea membranous, apex entire. Anthers 3, c. 3 mm long. Pedicels linear, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets variously reduced. Distribution — China (Sichuan). Habitat — Dry river valleys, under shrubs, 2600 – 3100 m altitude. Note — Only known from the type (not seen).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3266AFF8AFFB9FE4386380EDE.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Perennials. Culms robust, up to 130 cm long. Nodes pubescent. Sheaths pubescent. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 2 – 4.5 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 10 – 25 cm by 15 – 20 mm, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, apex acute to acuminate, moderately pilose on both sides with tubercle-based hairs. Panicles c. 10 cm long, common axis c. 1 cm long. Racemes 3 – 4, digitate, ascending, straight, 5 – 10 cm long. Rachis fragile, internodes long, slender. Sessile spikelets oblong to lanceolate, 5.5 – 6 mm long. Lower glume oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib ciliate, dorsally longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex erose. Upper glume lanceolate, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, mucronate, c. 1 mm long. Lower florets paleate, barren. Lower lemma lanceolate, c. 4.5 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma ovate to oblong, 3.5 – 4 mm long, veined, glabrous, apex incised to 0.5 th of the lemma length, awn from a sinus, geniculate, column straight or slightly twisted, (incl. column) 9 – 10 mm long. Upper palea as long as the lemma, hyaline, apex entire. Pedicelled spikelets variously reduced. Anthers 3, c. 3 mm long. Pedicels linear, V-shaped, margins pubescent. Distribution — India (Meghalaya). Note — Only known from the type (not seen), said to be close to M. petiolare.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3266AFF8AFFB9FB3A851A0DEC.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Annual. Culms slender, straggling, eventually becoming more or less vertical for about 35 cm; nodes densely bearded. Leaf sheaths tuberculate-hispid; leaf blades elliptic lanceolate, 0.7 (– 2) by 0.2 (– 0.5) cm, both surface sparsely hispid, apex acute; ligule membranous, eciliate, c. 0.6 mm. Raceme single, 2 (– 3.5) cm, rachis tough, rachis internodes linear, c. 4.5 mm, ciliate with c. 1.5 mm hairs. Sessile spikelets c. 5.2 (– 6) mm; callus hairs up to 1 mm; lower glume c. 5 mm, linear-lanceolate, back flat, 4 – 5 - veined, glabrous, apex truncate or emarginate; upper glume c. 5.5 mm, sharply keeled, apex acuminate; lower lemma lanceolate, c. 4 mm; upper lemma 3 – 3.5 mm, 2 - lobed in upper 1 / 3, lobes acuminate; awn geniculate, 6 – 9 mm; upper palea 1 mm, ciliate with c. 0.6 mm hairs. Anthers unseen. Pedicelled spikelet similar. Distribution — China (Sichuan). Habitat — Alpine meadow. Note — Only known from the type (not seen).	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3266AFF8AFFB9F80B8361094A.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Mat-forming. Culms geniculately ascending, slender, 20 – 45 cm long, nodes glabrous. Sheaths puberulous, outer margin hairy. Ligule a ciliolate membrane, c. 0.5 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 4 – 8 mm wide, base attenuate to slightly rounded, base pseudopetiole absent, apex acuminate. Panicles 4 – 8 cm long. Racemes 3 – 5, digitate. Rachis fragile, subcylindrical and excavated (?), margins glabrous, internodes linear, 2.3 – 2.5 mm long. Sessile spikelets c. 3 mm long, callus puberulous to pilose. Lower glume dorsally concave, scaberulous, glabrous. Upper glume apex acuminate, muticous. Lower florets absent. Upper lemma c. 1.5 mm long, entire, awn apical, flexuous, (incl. column) c. 17 mm long. Upper palea c. 0.6 mm long, c. 0.4 th times as long as the lemma. Anthers c. 0.3 mm long. Pedicels c. 1.5 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — Papua New Guinea, Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Oertzen-Gebirge, in the western Finisterre Range (5 ° 32 ' S, 145 ° 48 ' E, Madang Prov.). Habitat — Abandoned plantation, 100 m altitude. Note — Only known from the type (not seen). Possibly a form of M. nudum. Reported from the Vogelkop and Morobe Prov., so no doubt in between as well.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3266AFF8AFD73FC93836F0CCE.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Perennials, caespitose. Culms erect, robust, 20 – 40 cm long, nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 2 – 3 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 3 – 8 cm long, 3 – 10 mm wide, stiff, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole present, margins scabrous, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous. Panicles c. 7 cm long, common axis c. 1.5 cm long. Racemes 2 – 3, paired or digitate, ascending, straight, 3 – 6 cm long. Rachis fragile, margins ciliate, internodes linear. Sessile spikelets oblong to lanceolate, 5 – 6 mm long, callus pilose. Lower glume oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally longitudinally grooved, smooth, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex acute, entire or erose. Upper glume oblong, back acute, glabrous, midrib glabrous, apex entire, acute, muticous. Lower florets paleate, male or barren. Lower lemma oblong, muticous. Upper lemma oblong, 4 – 5 mm long, veined, ciliate, hairy all along the margins, apex incised to half of the lemma length, awn from a sinus, geniculate, column twisted, (incl. column) 8 – 12 mm long. Upper palea membranous, apex entire. Pedicels linear, margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones, or variously reduced. Distribution — China (Yunnan) Habitat — Not recorded, 2800 – 3000 m altitude. Note — No specimen seen.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F3266AFF89FD73F917863A0B85.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Annuals. Culms decumbent, slender, 30 – 60 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, outer margin glabrous, mouth glabrous. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 1 mm long. Blades lanceolate, 1.5 – 3.5 cm by 3 – 5 mm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, apex acute, glabrous. Panicles 3 – 4 cm long. Racemes 1, erect, straight, 3 – 4 cm long. Rachis fragile, margins ciliate, internodes slender, 3 – 4 mm long. Sessile spikelets 4 – 4.5 mm long, callus puberulous. Lower glume lanceolate; dorsally longitudinally grooved, apex obtuse. Upper glume oblong; back acute, muticous. Lower florets absent. Upper lemma oblong; 0.8 – 1 mm long, apex entire, awn apical, geniculate, column twisted, (incl. column) 6 – 7 mm long. Upper palea oblong, 0.3 – 0.8 mm long, 0.37 – 0.8 times as long as the lemma. Anthers 3. Pedicels margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — Continental China (Guangzhou). Note — This species was not included in the Chen & Phillips (2006) and in IPNI (11 Aug. 2010). It seems to be a 1 - spiked form of M. vimineum.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32669FF89FFB9FDDB86500F23.taxon	description	Description after Chen & Phillips (2006). Perennials. Culms rambling, robust, 50 – 120 cm long, rooting from the lower nodes. Nodes pubescent. Sheaths hispid. Ligule a glabrous membrane, 1.5 – 2 mm long. Blades elliptic to oblong, 23 – 25 cm by 20 – 25 mm, firm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, apex attenuate, sparsely hairy on both sides, with tubercle-based hairs. Panicles c. 14 cm long, common axis c. 3 cm long. Racemes c. 10, digitate, ascending, straight, 9 – 12 cm long. Rachis fragile, angular, margins ciliate, internodes linear. Sessile spikelets without a short stalk, deciduous with the adjacent joint and pedicel, oblong, 4.5 – 5 mm long, callus setose. Lower glume oblong, coriaceous, midrib glabrous, dorsally longitudinally grooved, scaberulous, rough at apex, glabrous, margins glabrous, apex entire. Upper glume elliptic, back acute, glabrous, midrib ciliate, apex entire, acute, muticous. Lower florets absent or present, then well-developed, paleate, barren, and lower lemma 0 – 1 mm long, muticous. Upper lemma orbicular, 0.8 – 1 mm long, without veins, ciliolate, hairy towards the apex, apex incised, awn from a sinus, geniculate, column twisted, (incl. column) 10 – 12 mm long. Upper palea oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, hyaline, apex erose. Anthers 3, 3 – 3.5 mm long. Pedicels linear, margins pubescent. Distribution — China (Yunnan). Habitat — Mountain slopes.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32669FF89FFB9FAA585490257.taxon	description	Description after the original publication. Culms of moderate stature or slender, 120 – 130 cm long. Sheaths outer margin hairy. Ligule a ciliolate membrane or a fringe of hairs, c. 1.5 mm long. Blades lanceolate to linear, 6 – 15 cm by 8 – 14 mm, base attenuate to slightly rounded, pseudopetiole absent, margins scaberulous to scabrous, apex acuminate to attenuate, glabrous. Panicles c. 6.5 cm long. Racemes 18 – 34, c. 6 cm long. Rachis fragile, margins ciliate, internodes c. 2.5 mm long. Sessile spikelets oblong to lanceolate, c. 3 mm long, callus pilose. Lower glume dorsally flat to concave, scaberulous, rough at apex, glabrous, margins glabrous. Upper glume muticous. Lower florets absent. Upper lemma c. 1 mm long, glabrous, apex entire, awn apical, straight to flexuous, column absent, c. 9 mm long. Upper palea c. 0.5 mm long, 0.5 th times as long as the lemma. Anthers c. 1.5 mm long. Pedicels margins pubescent. Pedicelled spikelets subequal to the sessile ones. Distribution — New Guinea, Madang Prov., W Finisterre (‘ Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Oertzen Gebirge’; 5 ° 32 ' S, 145 ° 48 ' E). Note — This seems to be a form of M. spectabile.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
896687F32669FF89FD73FED7833B0BA1.taxon	distribution	Distribution — S China.	en	Chen, H., Veldkamp, J. - F., Kuoh, C. - S. (2012): Taxonomic revision of Microstegium s. str. Andropogoneae, Poaceae). Blumea 57 (2): 160-189, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X658908, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x658908
