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Taxon:
Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
14997
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 1:8. 1788
Verified:
11/29/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cynosurus indicus
L.
Autonym(s)
Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
indica
Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn. var.
indica
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eleusine japonica
Steud.
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al.
1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Bor, N. L.
1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Boulos, L. & M. N. El-Hadidi.
1984. The weeds of Egypt.
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds.
1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
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=Eleusine+indica&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
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
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Note:
=
Eleusine indica
subsp.
indica
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
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
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Koyama, T.
1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Lazarides, M.
1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
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
Note:
it confirms
Eleusine indica
"as the maternal A genome donor" of finger millet
Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-mer.
1969. Graminees des paturages et des cultures a Madagascar.
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
Proctor, G. R.
1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Releford, J. S. et al.
2009. Flora of Rongelap and Ailinginae Atolls, Republic of the Marshalls Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 572:1-13.
Renvoize, S. A.
1998. Gramineas de Bolivia
Shukla, U.
1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
Skvortsov, A. K., ed.
2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:179.
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Veldkamp, J. F.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/poaceae/eleusine-indica/fichas/pagina1.htm
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
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
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
crabgrass –
Reference(s)
crowfoot grass –
Reference(s)
goose grass –
Reference(s)
wire grass –
Reference(s)
yard grass –
Reference(s)
Arabic
nageil –
Reference(s)
French
eleusine des Indes –
Reference(s)
eleusine d'Inde –
Reference(s)
pied de poule –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-da-cidade –
Reference(s)
capim-de-burro –
Reference(s)
capim-pé-de-galinha –
Reference(s)
grama-de-coradouro –
Reference(s)
grama-sapo –
Reference(s)
Spanish
grama de caballo –
Reference(s)
Swedish
gåshirs –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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State
Note
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
s.
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
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Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
(s.)
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Congo
,
Equatorial Guinea
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Burkina Faso
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Gambia
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
[KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
,
Yemen
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
,
Japan
,
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
,
India
[Andaman and Nicobar Islands],
Myanmar
Adventive
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Norway
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Belgium
EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation
[Volgograd]
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands],
Portugal
[Azores, Madeira Islands]
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Libya
,
Morocco
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
,
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Egypt
[Sinai],
Iran
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
Asia-Tropical
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria
,
Switzerland
,
Czech Republic
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Netherlands
EASTERN EUROPE:
Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania
,
Bulgaria
,
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Croatia
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily),
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
,
France
(incl. Corsica),
Portugal
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
,
United States
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
Marshall Islands
,
Palau
,
United States
[Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands
,
Pitcairn
,
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Niue
,
Nauru
,
Tonga
,
United States
[American Samoa],
Wallis and Futuna Islands
,
Samoa
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla
,
Netherlands Antilles
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Bahamas
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Cayman Islands
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Jamaica
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
Montserrat
,
Martinique
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
,
Virgin Islands (British)
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
[Easter Island],
Paraguay
,
Uruguay
Other
(exact native range in paleotropics obscure)
Economic Uses
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Note
Reference
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Weed
potential seed contaminant
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
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