Microstegium is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family. Browntop is a common name. • Microstegium batangense - Sichuan • Microstegium biaristatum - East + Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea • Microstegium borianum - Meghalaya • Microstegium brandisii - Taiwan, Myanmar, Java, Bali, Flores, Sulawesi • Microstegium butuoense - Sichuan • Microstegium delicatulum - Yunnan, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand • Microstegium dispar - Java, Bali, Flores • Microstegium eucnemis - India, Nepal, Southeast Asia, New Guinea • Microstegium falconeri - Himalayas • Microstegium fasciculatum - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, tropical Africa • Microstegium fauriei - Taiwan • Microstegium geniculatum - China, Southeast Asia • Microstegium glabratum - Philippines, Indonesia, Hainan, Papuasia, Micronesia, Ryukyu Islands, Society Islands • Microstegium japonicum - China, Japan, Korea • Microstegium lanceolatum - Yunnan • Microstegium monoracemum - Guangdong • Microstegium nudum - China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, tropical + southern Africa • Microstegium petiolare - Yunnan, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand • Microstegium rufispicum - Java • Microstegium somae - Anhui, Fujian, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan • Microstegium spectabile - Papuasia, Southeast Asia, Hainan, Taiwan, Hong Kong • Microstegium stapfii - Myanmar • Microstegium steenisii - Java • Microstegium tenue - Taiwan, Luzon, Kosrae • Microstegium vimineum - Primorye, China, Japan, Korea, Himalayas, Southeast Asia; invasive in North America and in parts of Africa see Ischaemum Schizachyrium