Eleusine
Eleusine indica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Eleusine
Gaertn.
Type species
Eleusine coracana
Synonyms[3]
  • Elevsine Gaertn., alternate spelling

Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,[3][4] sometimes called by the common name goosegrass.[5][6] One species, Eleusine indica, is a widespread weed in many places. Another species, Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.[7]

Species[8][9]
  • Eleusine africana – Africa (from South Africa to Egypt + Senegal), Madagascar, Comoros, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
  • Eleusine coracana – tropical Africa; naturalized in parts of Asia (Arabia, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.), Western Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, etc.
  • Eleusine floccifolia – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen
  • Eleusine indica – Asia, Africa, Papuasia; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, Americas, various islands
  • Eleusine intermedia – Kenya, Ethiopia
  • Eleusine jaegeri – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Eleusine kigeziensis – Ethiopia, Uganda, Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi
  • Eleusine multiflora – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in South Africa, Mexico, Lesotho
  • Eleusine semisterilis – Kenya
  • Eleusine tristachya – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Islands
formerly included[8]

numerous species once included in Eleusine but now considered better suited to other genera: Acrachne Aeluropus Chloris Coelachyrum Dactyloctenium Dinebra Disakisperma Eragrostis Harpochloa Leptochloa Ochthochloa Sclerodactylon Uniola Wangenheimia

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Nash in Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 2) 1: 228 (1913)
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Eleusine Gaertn.
  3. 1 2 Gaertner, Joseph. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: pages 7–8 descriptions and figure captions in Latin
  4. ↑ Gaertner, Joseph. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: Plate I (1), figure XI (11 a-i) line drawings of Eleusine coracana
  5. ↑ Multilingual Eleusine common names
  6. ↑ US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
  7. ↑ "USDA Genetic Resources Information Network". Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  8. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  9. ↑ The Plant List search for Eleusine


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