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Taxon:
Eragrostis tef
(Zuccagni) Trotter
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:
15320
Place of publication:
Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1918:62. 1918
Verified:
05/07/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3
(
3
active,
2
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Poa tef
Zuccagni
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis abyssinica
(Jacq.) Link
Poa abyssinica
Jacq.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Cheverton, M. R. & G. P. Chapman.
1989. Ethiopian t'ef: a cereal confined to its centre of variability. New crops for food and industry 235-238.
D'Andrea, A. C.
2008. T’ef (
Eragrostis tef
) in ancient agricultural systems of highland Ethiopia. Econ. Bot. 62:547-566.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Note:
identification of archaeological remains of
Eragrostis
indicates that tef, as as modern domesticate, could not be morphologically distinguished from
E. pilosa
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Eragrostis+tef&quantity=1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Ingram, A. L. & J. J. Doyle.
2003. The origin and evolution of
Eragrostis tef
(Poaceae) and related polyploids: evidence from nuclear waxy and plastid rps16. Amer. J. Bot. 90:116-122.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Ketema, S.
1997. Tef.
Eragrostis tef
(Zucc.) Trotter. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 12:1-52.
URL:
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
Lazarides, M.
1997. A revision of
Eragrostis
(Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:157.
URL:
http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/151.htm
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Skvortsov, A. K., ed.
2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:185.
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Veldkamp, J. F.
2002. Revision of
Eragrostis
(Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:186.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Zeid, M. et al.
2011.
Eragrostis
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, millets and grasses 8:135-151.
Zeid, M. et al.
2012. Genetic diversity in tef (
Eragrostis tef
) germplasm using SSR markers. Field Crops Res. 127:64-70.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Abyssinian love grass –
Reference(s)
tef –
Reference(s)
teff –
Reference(s)
teff grass –
Reference(s)
Swedish
teff –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
4
Naturalized
sometimes natzd. elsewhere
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
Naturalized
(sometimes natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Animal food
fodder
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Environmental
erosion control
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Human food
cereal
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Name
References