Eleusine

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Eleusine
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Eleusine indica
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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]
  • ElevsineGaertn., 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]
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

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<i>Pennisetum</i> Genus of grasses

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<i>Cynodon</i> Genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae

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<i>Juniperus procera</i> Species of conifer

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<i>Gazania</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Eleusine indica</i> Species of plant (grass)

Eleusine indica, the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees latitude. It is an invasive species in some areas.

<i>De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum</i>

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<i>Dactyloctenium</i> Genus of grasses

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<i>Psydrax</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Aegiceras</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Hyparrhenia</i> Genus of grasses

Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass.

Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

Disparago is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Snowdenia is a genus of plants in the grass family, they are native to Arabia and East Africa.

<i>Tripogon</i> Genus of grasses

Tripogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.

Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.

<i>Harpachne</i> Genus of grasses

Harpachne is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

<i>Synedrella</i> Genus of plants

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<i>Disakisperma</i> Genus of flowering plants

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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