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Internal ID UUID64403039dd31a816041456
Scientific name Eragrostis tef
Authority (Zuccagni) Trotter
First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1918, 62, in obs.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cynodon abyssinicus (Jacq.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825)
Eragrostis abessinica Link Hort. Berol. 1: 192. 1827 (1827)
Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Link Hort. Berol. 1: 192 (1827)
Eragrostis abyssinica var. alba Hochst. ex Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 64. 1902
Eragrostis abyssinica var. viriidis Hochst. ex Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 64. 1902
Eragrostis pilosa subsp. abyssinica (Jacq.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 374. 1900 (1900)
Eragrostis pilosa var. tef (Zuccagni) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 123 (1923)
Eragrostis tef f. spiciformis Serp. Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekts. 14: 141 1924
Eragrostis tef subsp. spiciformis (Serp.) Portal & H.Scholz Eragrostis France & Europe Occid. : 309 (2002)
Poa abyssinica Jacq. Misc. Austriac. 2: 364 (1781)
Poa cerealis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 20 (1796)
Poa flaccida Moench ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 561 (1840)
Poa radicans Moench Methodus : 186 (1794)
Poa tef Zuccagni Diss. Ditef : s.p. (1775)

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Language Common/alternative name
English annual bunch grass
English teff
English williams' lovegrass
Spanish teff
Afrikaans tef
Amharic ጤፍ
Amharic ጢፍ
Arabic أثب طيفي
Azerbaijani tef
Catalan teff
Catalan tef
Czech milička habešská
Welsh serchwellt teff
Danish teff
German teff
German zwerghirse
Basque teff
Basque tef
Persian علف عشق حبشی
Finnish tefheinä
Finnish teff
Finnish tef
French teff
Galician teff
Galician tef
Hebrew טף
Hebrew בן-חילף טף
Croatian tef
Hungarian teff
Armenian Տեֆ
Indonesian teff
Indonesian tef
Italian teff
Japanese テフ
Korean 테프
Lithuanian abisininė posmilgė
Lithuanian tefas
Malay tef
Norwegian Bokmål teff
Dutch teff
Dutch tef
Norwegian Nynorsk teff
Oromo xaafii
Polish miłka abisyńska
Polish trawa abisyńska
Polish eragrostis abyssinica
Polish teff
Polish tef
Portuguese teff
Russian Тефф абиссинский
Russian Абиссинская трава
Russian теф
Russian Тэфф
Russian Тефф
Swedish teff
Swedish tef
Swahili mtefi
Ukrainian теф
Chinese 苔麸

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000868504
UNII 1RT8D9S6HU
USDA Plants ERTE
Tropicos 25511999
INPN 160619
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1105499-2
The Plant List kew-413262
Open Tree Of Life 1094963
Observations.org 17138
NCBI Taxonomy 110835
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000014068
IPNI 401618-1
iNaturalist 145597
GBIF 2705325
Freebase /m/0g1pf
EPPO ERATF
EOL 1114367
USDA GRIN 15320
Wikipedia Teff

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_000970635.1 ASM97063v1 Scaffold Tef Genome Sequencing Initiative Webpage 2015-04-08 54 579.18 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Stacked mutations in wheat homologues of rice SEMI-DWARF1 confer a novel semi-dwarf phenotype Ndreca B, Huttly A, Bibi S, Bayon C, Lund G, Ham J, Alarcón-Reverte R, Addy J, Tarkowská D, Pearce S, Hedden P, Thomas SG, Phillips AL BMC Plant Biol 09-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11080193
doi:10.1186/s12870-024-05098-1
PMID:38724935
Exploring Gluten Assessment in Marketed Products through a Sandwich ELISA Methodology Based on Novel Recombinant Antibodies Garcia-Calvo E, García-García A, Rodríguez S, Martín R, García T Foods 26-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11083168
doi:10.3390/foods13091341
PMID:38731712
Interactive transcriptome analyses of Northern Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) and Bipolaris oryzae show convoluted communications during the early stages of fungal brown spot development Castell-Miller CV, Kono TJ, Ranjan A, Schlatter DC, Samac DA, Kimball JA Front Plant Sci 26-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11086184
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1350281
PMID:38736448
Plant Biotechnology—An Indispensable Tool for Crop Improvement Pathirana R, Carimi F Plants (Basel) 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11054891
doi:10.3390/plants13081133
PMID:38674542
Phylogenomic profiles of whole-genome duplications in Poaceae and landscape of differential duplicate retention and losses among major Poaceae lineages Zhang T, Huang W, Zhang L, Li DZ, Qi J, Ma H Nat Commun 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11024178
doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47428-9
PMID:38632270
Assessing soil erosion and farmers’ decision of reducing erosion for sustainable soil and water conservation in Burji woreda, southern Ethiopia Djillo SC, Wolka K, Tofu DA Sci Rep 15-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11018797
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-59076-6
PMID:38622205
Antibiotic resistance patterns of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacteriaceae isolated from street foods in selected towns of Ethiopia Moges M, Rodland EK, Legesse T, Argaw A BMC Infect Dis 02-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC10986114
doi:10.1186/s12879-024-09266-4
PMID:38566010
Crop bioengineering via gene editing: reshaping the future of agriculture Atia M, Jiang W, Sedeek K, Butt H, Mahfouz M Plant Cell Rep 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10944814
doi:10.1007/s00299-024-03183-1
PMID:38494539
Identification and effective regulation of scarb1 gene involved in pigmentation change in autotetraploid Carassius auratus Xu XD, Zhou Y, Wang CQ, Huang X, Zhang K, Xu XW, He LW, Zhang XY, Fu XZ, Ma M, Qin QB, Liu SJ Zool Res 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11017083
doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.293
PMID:38485507
Yield, lodging, and water use efficiency of Tef [Eragrostis tef (zucc) Trotter] in response to carbonized rice husk application under variable moisture condition Tekle MG, Alemayehu G, Bitew Y PLoS One 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10919715
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298416
PMID:38452036
Mound abundance, the livelihood impacts and determinant factors of termites in Meta Robi district, central Ethiopia Daba S, Temesgen M Heliyon 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10950499
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27141
PMID:38509961
Low-Cost Antibacterial Ceramic Water Filters for Decentralized Water Treatment: Advances and Practical Applications Ciawi Y, Khoiruddin K ACS Omega 05-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10955572
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c09311
PMID:38524459
Intercropping Maize with Faba Bean Improves Yield, Income, and Soil Fertility in Semiarid Environment Gidey T, Berhe DH, Birhane E, Gufi Y, Haileslassie B Scientifica (Cairo) 05-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10932625
doi:10.1155/2024/2552695
PMID:38476119
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900619
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:38419092
Spatiotemporal climate variability and trends in the Upper Gelana Watershed, northeastern highlands of Ethiopia Tadesse S, Mekuriaw A, Assen M Heliyon 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10920726
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27274
PMID:38463840

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
[(3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(3S,4aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,14aS,14bR)-4,4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a,14b-decamethyl-1,2,3,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] acetate 162817124 Click to see CC(=O)OC1C(C(C(OC1OC2CCC3(C4(CCC5C6CC(CCC6(CCC5(C4(CCC3(C2(C)C)C)C)C)C)(C)C)C)C)CO)O)O 661.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2010.538924
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Flavanones
Naringenin 439246 Click to see 272.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2010.538924
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides
5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-[3-methoxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one 162846765 Click to see COC1=CC(=C2C(=O)CC(OC2=C1)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)OC)O 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2010.538924
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-[(3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 162995385 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O)O)O 624.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2010.538924
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Isosakuranetin 7-O-rhamnoside 42607952 Click to see 432.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2010.538924

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