Taxon:  Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. sphacelata



Summary
Genus:
Setaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
401419
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. anceps (Stapf) Veldkamp (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. aurea (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. splendida (Stapf) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. torta (Stapf) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum sphacelatum Schumach.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Setaria flabellata Stapf
Setaria neglecta de Wit
Setaria perennis Hack.
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. stolonifera de Wit

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Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  3. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  6. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: mentions
  7. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
6Other    probably native elsewhere in tropical Africa
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Other (probably native elsewhere in tropical Africa)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401419. Accessed 18 May 2024.