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Taxon:
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
coracana
(
Eleusine coracana
Finger Millet Group)
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
400471
Comment:
[or
E. coracana
Finger Millet Group]
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.
africana
(Kenn.-O’Byrne) Hilu & de Wet
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cynosurus coracanus
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eleusine tocussa
Fresen., nom. nud.
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Reference(s)
Agrawal, R. et al.
2012. Chloroplast genes as genetic markers for inferring patterns of change, maternal ancestry and phylogenetic relationships among
Eleusine
species. AoB Pl. 6: plt056.
URL:
http://aobpla.oxfordjournals.org/
de Wet, J. M. J. et al.
1984. Systematics and evolution of
Eleusine coracana
(Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 71:551.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Dida, M. M. & K. M. Devos.
2006. Chapter 10. Finger millet. Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants (7 vols.) Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 1:333-343.
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=Eleusine+coracana+subsp.+coracana&quantity=1
Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds.
1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:90-95.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet.
1976. Domestication of
Eleusine coracana
. Econ. Bot. 30:199-208.
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
Neves, S. S.
2011. Chapter 7.
Eleusine
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, millets and grasses 113-133.
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
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African millet –
Reference(s)
caracan millet –
Reference(s)
finger millet –
Reference(s)
koracan –
Reference(s)
French
coracan –
Reference(s)
eleusine –
Reference(s)
mil rouge –
Reference(s)
raggee –
Reference(s)
German
Fingerhirse –
Reference(s)
India
ragi –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
capim-colonial –
Reference(s)
luco –
Reference(s)
nachenim –
Reference(s)
Spanish
coracán –
Reference(s)
dagussa –
Reference(s)
mijo africano –
Reference(s)
Swahili
mwimbi –
Reference(s)
ulezi –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
can –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
2
Cultivated
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
w.
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Libya
,
Tunisia
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Georgia
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
(w.),
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
,
Myanmar
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa, Sumatera],
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Western Australia]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
in India
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Animal food
forage
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
beverage base
Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet.
1976. Domestication of
Eleusine coracana
. Econ. Bot. 30:199-208.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Human food
cereal
Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet.
1976. Domestication of
Eleusine coracana
. Econ. Bot. 30:199-208.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Materials
fiber
for paper making
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Name
References