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Taxon:
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
africana
(Kenn.-O’Byrne) Hilu & de Wet
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
400470
Place of publication:
J. M. J. de Wet et al., Amer. J. Bot. 71:552. 1984 (K. Hilu & J. M. J. de Wet, Econ. Bot. 30:202. 1976, nom. inval.)
Comment:
full reference to the place of publication of basionym not provided in 1976 treatment
Verified:
11/29/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn.
(0 active accession[s])
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
coracana
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Eleusine africana
Kenn.-O’Byrne
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
africana
(Kenn.-O’Byrne) S. M. Phillips
No images
Reference(s)
Bisht, M. S. & Y. Mukai.
2001. Genomic
in situ
hybridization identifies genome donor of finger millet (
Eleusine coracana
). Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:825-832.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Note:
as
Eleusine africana
, the wild progenitor of finger millet
Chennaveeraiah, M. S. & S. C. Hiremath.
1974. Genome analysis of
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn. Euphytica 23:489-495.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
de Wet, J. M. J. et al.
1984. Systematics and evolution of
Eleusine coracana
(Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 71:552.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Note:
combination unknowingly validated here
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Note:
=
Eleusine africana
Kenn.-O'Byrne
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Ghazanfar, S. A.
1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
Note:
treats as
Eleusine indica
subsp.
africana
(Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
=
Eleusine africana
Kenn.-O'Byrne
Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet.
1976. Domestication of
Eleusine coracana
. Econ. Bot. 30:199.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Hilu, K. W. et al.
1979. Archaeobotanical studies of
Eleusine coracana
ssp.
coracana
(Finger millet). Amer. J. Bot. 66:330-333.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Note:
mentions but no validation of name
Liu, Q. et al.
2011. Allotetraploid origin and divergence in
Eleusine
(Chloridoideae, Poaceae): evidence from low-copy nuclear gene phylogenies and a plastid gene chronogram. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108:1287-1298.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Note:
=
Eleusine africana
Neves, S. S. et al.
2005. Phylogeny of
Eleusine
(Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid
trnT – trnF
sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 35:395-419.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Peterson, P. M. et al.
2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus,
Micrachne
(Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64:445-467.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
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
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Note:
treats as
Eleusine indica
subsp.
africana
(Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Note:
=
Eleusine africana
Kenn.-O'Byrne
Common names
English
African finger millet –
Reference(s)
wild finger millet –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
osgras –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Lesotho
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Nigeria
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Lesotho
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
,
Yemen
Name
References