Microchloa

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 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^[5]

• 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

Microchloa
Microchloa kunthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Microchloa R.Br.
Type species
Rottboellia setacea (syn of M. indica) Roxb.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Rendlia Chiov.