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Setaria parviflora

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID644032a2a0ee1069645740
Scientific name Setaria parviflora
Authority (Poir.) Kerguélen
First published in Lejeunia , n.s., 120: 161 (1987)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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Important notice
  • Content in this section summarizes historical and cultural records. It is not medical advice.
  • Do not use plants for self-treatment. Safety, efficacy, and appropriate use are not established here.
  • Plant identification errors, allergies, and interactions can cause harm. Consult qualified professionals for health questions.
  • Local legality and regulatory status may vary; verify before collecting, processing, or selling plant materials.

(no entries; no sources indicate tea, tincture, decoction, maceration, or poultice use for Setaria parviflora)

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Common products:
• Forage: The species is used as pasture and hay for livestock due to its relatively high nutritive value and palatability, especially in warm-season forage systems.

Industrial and craft applications:
• Fiber and pulp: The stems can be processed into fiber or pulp, similar to other warm-season grasses, for use in paper manufacturing or industrial applications requiring cellulose fiber.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
• Grain: The small seeds can be milled into flour and used as a gluten-free cereal, either as a standalone flour or in blends for baked goods. It is also processed into puffed snacks or fermented beverages.

Colorants and tanning:
• No specific non-medicinal colorants or tanning agents have been reported.

Wood and fiber:
• The plant is a herbaceous annual/perennial grass; timber use does not apply. Stem fibers may be used for cordage or basketry as traditional craft materials.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
• No specific fragrance or cosmetic applications have been documented.

Properties relevant to use:
• For forage value: Medium protein content (8-15%) and fiber digestibility adapted to warm-season growth.
• Grain properties: Small, hard-coated seeds with high carbohydrate content and typical gluten-free cereal characteristics.
• Fiber/pulp properties: Relatively high cellulose and low lignin content suitable for pulping or fiber extraction.

Sustainability and sourcing:
• Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions; sourcing from wild populations or pasture land.
• Minimal cultivation for grain; primarily collected from natural stands for forage and occasionally for grain.
• Potential invasiveness in some regions requires responsible sourcing to avoid unintended spread.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Alopecurus rubicundus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.º 8646B (1848)
Cenchrus parviflorus Poir. Encycl. 6: 52 (1804)
Cenchrus retusus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26. 1788 (1788)
Chaetochloa corrugata var. parviflora Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 24 (1900)
Chaetochloa flava Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 39 (1897)
Chaetochloa geniculata (Lam.) Millsp. & Chase Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 3: 37 (1903)
Chaetochloa geniculata var. perennis House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 85 (1924)
Chaetochloa geniculata var. purpurascens (Kunth) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 26: 5 (1941)
Chaetochloa gracilis (Kunth) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 15 (1900)
Chaetochloa imberbis Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 39 (1897)
Chaetochloa imberbis var. geniculata (Lam.) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 12 (1900)
Chaetochloa imberbis var. penicillata (J.Presl) Scribn. & Merr. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 11 (1900)
Chaetochloa imberbis var. perennis Scribn. Rhodora 8: 210 (1906)
Chaetochloa imberbis var. streptobotrys (E.Fourn.) Scribn. & Merr. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 13 (1900)
Chaetochloa imberbis var. versicolor (E.P.Bicknell) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey : 213 (1911 publ. 1912)
Chaetochloa laevigata (Nutt.) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 10 1900
Chaetochloa occidentalis Nash in Britton Man. Fl. N. States : 90 (1901)
Chaetochloa parviflora (Poir.) Scribn. ex Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 26. 1900 [8 Mar 1900]
Chaetochloa penicillata Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 39 (1897)
Chaetochloa perennis E.P.Bicknell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 107 (1898)
Chaetochloa purpurascens (Kunth) Scribn. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 13 (1900)
Chaetochloa ventenatii Nash Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5: 575 (1901)
Chaetochloa versicolor E.P.Bicknell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 105 (1898)
Chaetochloa viridis var. purpurascens (Kunth) Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 197. 1924
Chamaeraphis glauca var. geniculata (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 767 (1891)
Chamaeraphis glauca var. imberbis (Poir.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 767 (1891)
Chamaeraphis glauca var. laevigata Beal Grass. N. Amer. 2: 155 (1896)
Chamaeraphis glauca var. penicillata (J.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 767 (1891)
Chamaeraphis glauca var. perennis Beal Grass. N. Amer. 2: 156 (1896)
Chamaeraphis gracilis (Kunth) Kuntze ex Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 76 (1904)
Chamaeraphis imberbis (Poir.) Kuntze ex Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 76 (1904)
Chamaeraphis penicillata (J.Presl) Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 76 (1904)
Chamaeraphis ventenatii Beal Grass. N. Amer. 2: 153 (1896)
Gymnotrix geniculata Schult. Mant. 2: 284 (1824)
Ixophorus glaucus var. laevigata (Muhl. ex Elliott) Chapm. ex Gatt. Fl. Tennessee 38 1901
Ixophorus glaucus var. laevigatus (Nutt.) Gatt. Fl. Tennessee 38 1901
Panicum adscendens Hoffmanns. ex Schult. Mant. 3 (Schultes & Schultes f.) 592. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827]
Panicum alopecuroideum Schreb. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 50 (1853)
Panicum alopecuros Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 169 (1791)
Panicum ascendens Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 321 (1824)
Panicum barbatum Roxb. Hort. Beg. 7; Fl. Ind. i. 282.
Panicum beccabunga Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 179 (1899)
Panicum berteronianum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 50 (1853)
Panicum brachytrichum Steud. Berberid. Amer. Austral. : 52 (1857)
Panicum brasiliense Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 321 (1824)
Panicum cauda-ratti Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 59 (1827)
Panicum cenchroides Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
Panicum congestum Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 159 (1877)
Panicum dasyurum Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 241 (1829)
Panicum densispica Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 273 (1816)
Panicum dentispica Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: t. 39 (1829)
Panicum erubescens Willd. Enum. Pl. : 1031 (1809)
Panicum flavum Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 238 (1829)
Panicum fuscescens Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 256.
Panicum geniculatum Poir. Encycl. 4: 727. 1798 (1798)
Panicum geniculatum Hornem. ex Willd. Enum. Pl. 1: 1031 (1809)
Panicum glaberrimum Elliott ex Scribn. & Merr. Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 29: 3. 1901 (1901)
Panicum glaucescens Salzm. ex Döll Fl. Bras. 2(1): 157. 1877 (1877)
Panicum glaucum Steud. ex Döll Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(2): 157. 1877 [1 Mar 1877]
Panicum glaucum var. purpurascens Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 113 (1816)
Panicum gobariense Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 247 (1919)
Panicum imberbe Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 272 (1816)
Panicum imberbe var. dasyurum (Willd. ex Nees) Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 157 (1877)
Panicum imberbe var. glaucocaesium Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 157 (1877)
Panicum imberbe var. gracilis (Kunth) Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 11: 53. 1905
Panicum imberbe var. latifolium Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 157 (1877)
Panicum imberbe var. purpurascens (Kunth) Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 157 (1877)
Panicum laevigatum Muhl. ex Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 112 (1816)
Panicum longisetum Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 275 (1816)
Panicum lutescens var. flavum (Nees) Backer Handb. Fl. Java 2: 142. 1928
Panicum medium Muhl. ex Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 113. 1816 (1816)
Panicum occidentale Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 64 (1911)
Panicum polystachion L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 870. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]
Panicum pseudoholcus Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 262 (1841)
Panicum raripilum Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: t. 114 (1831)
Panicum subangustum Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 59 (1827)
Panicum tejucense Nees ex Trin. Gram. Panic. [Trinius] 166. 1826
Panicum triticoides Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 274 (1816)
Panicum ventenatii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 265 (1841)
Panicum versicolor Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist ii. 64 (1911).
Panicum virescens Salzm. ex Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 157 (1877)
Panicum vulpinum Willd. Enum. Pl. : 1031 (1809)
Pennisetum alopecuroides Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. : 11 (1825)
Pennisetum amethystinum P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 59 (1812)
Pennisetum barbatum Schult. Mant. 2 (Schultes) 147. 1824 [Jan-Apr 1824]
Pennisetum borbonicum Kunth Révis. Gramin. i. 259.
Pennisetum breve Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1): 281. 1829 [Mar-Jun 1829] ; alt. title: Agrost. Bras.
Pennisetum cauda-ratti (Schumach.) Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 363 (1895)
Pennisetum ciliares Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 87 (1896)
Pennisetum ciliatum Parl. ex Webb Niger Fl. [W. J. Hooker]. 184. 1849 [Nov-Dec 1849]
Pennisetum dasystachyum Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 180 (1831)
Pennisetum flavescens J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1(4-5): 316. 1830
Pennisetum gabonense Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 363 (1895)
Pennisetum geniculatum (Lam.) J.Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar. : t. 27 (1820)
Pennisetum gracile Benth. Niger Fl. [W. J. Hooker]. 564. 1849 [Nov-Dec 1849]
Pennisetum hamiltonii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 297 (1841)
Pennisetum hirsutum Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1): 284. 1829 [Mar-Jun 1829] ; alt. title: Agrost. Bras.
Pennisetum laevigatum (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 55 (1818)
Pennisetum myurus Parl. Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 8: 586 (1846)
Pennisetum ovale Rupr. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 104 (1854)
Pennisetum pallidum Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1): 285. 1829 [Mar-Jun 1829] ; alt. title: Agrost. Bras.
Pennisetum parviflorum Trin. Sp. Gram. 3: t. 288 (1829)
Pennisetum polystachion f. viviparum Fosberg & Sachet Micronesica 18: 86 (1982 publ. 1984)
Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 63 (1979)
Pennisetum ramosum C.Sm. Narr. Exped. Zaire : 251 (1818)
Pennisetum richardii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 49 (1829)
Pennisetum setosum Rich. Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805)
Pennisetum setosum var. breve (Nees) Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 306 (1877)
Pennisetum sieberi Kunth Révis. Gramin. i. 50.
Pennisetum stenostachyum Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 70 (1930)
Pennisetum subangustum (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 271 (1933)
Pennisetum tenuispiculatum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 107. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Pennisetum triticoides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 877 (1817)
Pennisetum uniflorum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 114 (1816)
Setaria affinis Schult. Mant. 2: 275 (1824)
Setaria ambigua Schrad. Linnaea 12: 430 (1838)
Setaria barretoi Boldrini Hickenia 1: 11 (1978)
Setaria berteroniana Schult. Mant. 2: 276 (1824)
Setaria brachytricha Mez ex R.A.W.Herrm. Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 10: 46. 1909 (1909)
Setaria cenchroides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 495 (1817)
Setaria discolor Hack. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 371. 1909
Setaria erubescens P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 51 (1812)
Setaria fieldingii Müll.Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 323 (1861)
Setaria flava (Nees) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 46 (1829)
Setaria flava var. pumila E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 46 (1886)
Setaria floriana Andersson Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 138 (1855)
Setaria geniculata P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 51 (1812)
Setaria geniculata Sieber ex Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 50 (1829)
Setaria geniculata var. latifolia E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 46 (1886)
Setaria geniculata var. purpurascens (Kunth) Urb. Symb. Antill. 8: 35 (1920)
Setaria glauca f. longiseta Vis. Mem. Imp. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 20: 129. 1877
Setaria glauca f. pallens Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. ed. 2, 1: 237 1936
Setaria glauca var. geniculata (Lam.) Urb. Symb. Antill. 4: 96 (1903)
Setaria glauca var. imberbis (Poir.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 554 (1864)
Setaria glauca var. laevigata (Muhl.) Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 578 (1860)
Setaria glauca var. penicillata (J.Presl) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 554 (1864)
Setaria glauca var. purpurascens (Kunth) Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 153 (1824)
Setaria gracilis Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 109 (1816)
Setaria gracilis f. breviglumis Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 48 (1911)
Setaria gracilis f. breviseta Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 48 1911
Setaria gracilis f. brevispica (Hack.) Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 48 1911
Setaria gracilis f. flaviseta (Hack.) Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 48 1911
Setaria gracilis f. longiseta Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 48 (1911)
Setaria gracilis f. megalantha Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 14: 49. 1911
Setaria gracilis f. penicillata (J.Presl) Mez ex Ekman
Setaria gracilis f. purpurascens (Kunth) Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 164 1894
Setaria gracilis f. radicans Hack. ex Hicken Darwiniana 1: 110. 1924
Setaria gracilis var. dasyurum Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 165. 1894
Setaria gracilis var. glaucocaesia (Döll) Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 165 (1894)
Setaria gracilis var. latifolium Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 165. 1894
Setaria gracilis var. pilosissima Hack. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 372 (1909)
Setaria gracilis var. purpurascens (Kunth) Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 164 (1894)
Setaria imberbis (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 891 (1817)
Setaria imberbis f. brevispica Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 441 (1906)
Setaria imberbis f. flaviseta Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 77 (1904)
Setaria imberbis f. longiseta Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 275 (1904)
Setaria imberbis f. radicans Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 441 (1906)
Setaria imberbis f. setislongioribus Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 442 (1906)
Setaria imberbis var. gracilis (Kunth) Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 442 (1906)
Setaria imberbis var. perennis (Hall) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 85 1924
Setaria imberbis var. purpurascens (Kunth) Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 442 (1906)
Setaria laevigata Schult. Mant. 2: 275 (1824)
Setaria lutescens f. longiseta (Vis.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972)
Setaria lutescens f. pallens (Fr.Zimmerm. ex Hegi) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972)
Setaria lutescens var. flava (Nees) Yamam. J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 11: 277. 1937
Setaria parviflora var. brachytricha Pensiero Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 29: 58 (1993)
Setaria parviflora var. pilosissima (Hack.) Pensiero Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 29: 59 (1993)
Setaria penicillata J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 314 (1830)
Setaria perennis Hall Checkl. Pl. Kansas : 26 (1892)
Setaria purpurascens Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 110 (1816)
Setaria stipiculmis C.Muell. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 323 1861
Setaria streptobotrys E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 47. 1886
Setaria tejucensis Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 150 (1833)
Setaria tenella Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 181 (1831)
Setaria ventenatii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 251, fig. 1830
Setaria vulpina P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 51 (1812)
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129 (2010)
Echinochloa geniculata (Poir.) Millsp.
Setaria stipaeculmis Müll.Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 323. 1861
Setaria imberbis var. perennis Hitchc. Rhodora 8: 210. 1906
Setaria gracilis f. pilosissima Hack. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 372 (1909)
Setaria gracilis f. purpurascens (Kunth) Hack.
Chaetochloa imberbis subsp. versicolor (E.P.Bicknell) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey : 213 (1911 publ. 1912)
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. Mant. 2: 146 (1824)
Setaria imberbis var. purpurascens (Kunth) Hack. ex Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 3: 37 1903
Pennisetum indicum subvar. parviflora (Poir.) Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 19 (1907)
Gymnotrix polystachion (L.) Sw. ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 66 (1826)
Panicum glaucum var. brasiliense Trin. ex Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 239 (1829)
Panicum glaucum var. tejucense (Nees) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 257 (1841)
Panicum imberbe var. gracile (Kunth) Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 8: 13 (1902)
Setaria gracilis var. dasyura (Nees) Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 165 (1894)
Setaria gracilis var. latifolia (Döll) Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 165 (1894)
Setaria imberbis f. breviseta Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 275 (1904)
Setaria imberbis f. uberior Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 275 (1904)

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Language Common/alternative name
English feather pennisetum
English feathery pennisetum
English blue buffle grass
English mission grass
English knotroot foxtail
English (misapplied) setaria geniculata
English marsh brittlegrass
English marsh bristlegrass
Spanish setaria geniculata
Spanish panicum imberbe
Spanish setaria gracilis
Spanish cenchrus parviflorus
Spanish chaetochloa flava
Spanish chaetochloa geniculata
Bulgarian setaria geniculata
Welsh cibogwellt mân-flodeuog
German setaria geniculata
Persian ارزنی گلریز
Indonesian rumput ekor-kucing
Malayalam നമ്പീശൻ പുല്ല്
Sango süä
Swedish smal kavelhirs
Thai หญ้าหางหมาจิ้งจอก
Chinese 幽狗尾草
Chinese 牧地狼尾草
Chinese 莠狗尾草

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- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Equatorial Guinea
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Réunion
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
    • Western Asia
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • Chatham Islands
      • Kermadec Islands
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Sardegna
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexican Pacific Islands
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
      • Marshall Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
      • Easter Island
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
      • Tonga
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
      • Desventurados Islands
      • Juan Fernández Islands
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000899442
Florida Plant Atlas 802
Flora of Alabama 5029
USDA Plants SEPA10
Tropicos 25518410
INPN 123138
Flora of Italy 7807
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943811-1
The Plant List kew-442600
Open Tree Of Life 643122
NCBI Taxonomy 66039
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0100002955
Nature Serve 2.131562
IUCN Red List 18963261
IPNI 943811-1
iNaturalist 79068
GBIF 5289679
Freebase /m/0j_4y0g
EPPO SETGE
EOL 1115541
Calflora (Californian flora) 11079
USDA GRIN 317164
Wikipedia Setaria_parviflora
USDA Plants PEPO14
Tropicos 25511337
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415187-1
The Plant List kew-432885
Observations.org 382154
IPNI 415187-1
iNaturalist 208826
GBIF 4148193
Freebase /m/0pl2bk5
EOL 1115492
Elurikkus 474556
USDA GRIN 27207
Wikipedia Pennisetum_polystachion

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Grass species with potential for rangelands restoration in northern Mexico: an assessment with environmental niche modeling Álvarez-Holguín A, Morales-Nieto CR, Corrales-Lerma R, Ochoa-Rivero JM, Ponce-García OC, Prieto-Amparán JA, Vega-Mares JH, Villarreal-Guerrero F Sci Rep 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10943106
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56918-1
PMID:38491325
Microanatomical Changes in the Leaves of Arundo donax (L.) Caused by Potentially Toxic Elements from Municipal Sewage Sediment Tóth C, Simon L, Tóth B Plants (Basel) 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10934517
doi:10.3390/plants13050740
PMID:38475586
Vascular Plant Species Inventory of Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park: Awareness of Alien Invaders as a Sine Qua Non Prerequisite for Island Conservation Domínguez-Meneses A, Martínez-Gómez JE, Mejía-Saulés T, Acosta-Rosado I, Stadler S Plants (Basel) 30-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10575041
doi:10.3390/plants12193455
PMID:37836194
In search of lost ergots: phylogenetic re-evaluation of Claviceps species in Japan and their biogeographic patterns revealed Tanaka E, Tanada K, Hosoe T, Shrestha B, Kolařík M, Liu M Stud Mycol 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10825747
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.01
PMID:38298573
Two New Species and a New Record of Microdochium from Grasses in Yunnan Province, South-West China Gao Y, Ren GC, Wanasinghe DN, Xu JC, Gomes de Farias AR, Gui H J Fungi (Basel) 14-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9783193
doi:10.3390/jof8121297
PMID:36547630
Effects of Elevated Temperature and High and Low Rainfall on the Germination and Growth of the Invasive Alien Plant Acacia mearnsii Kharivha T, Ruwanza S, Thondhlana G Plants (Basel) 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9571736
doi:10.3390/plants11192633
PMID:36235501
Plant community re-organization and increased productivity due to multi-year nutrient enrichment of a coastal grassland Brown JK, Moulton A, Zinnert JC PLoS One 28-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9333261
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270798
PMID:35901080
Characterization of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with tree species on an iron tailings deposit undergoing restoration Zhu W, Ding C, Zhu K, Zhang W, Liang D, Wang X, Li A, Su X Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 02-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9646614
doi:10.1007/s11356-022-21690-0
PMID:35780265
Diversity of Useful Plants in Cabo Verde Islands: A Biogeographic and Conservation Perspective Duarte MC, Gomes I, Catarino S, Brilhante M, Gomes S, Rendall A, Moreno Â, Fortes AR, Ferreira VS, Baptista I, Dinis H, Romeiras MM Plants (Basel) 15-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9144021
doi:10.3390/plants11101313
PMID:35631738
Understanding the diversity and biogeography of Colombian edible plants Gori B, Ulian T, Bernal HY, Diazgranados M Sci Rep 12-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9098877
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11600-2
PMID:35551226
Altered precipitation and root herbivory affect the productivity and composition of a mesic grassland Barnett KL, Johnson SN, Facey SL, Gibson-Forty EV, Ochoa-Hueso R, Power SA BMC Ecol Evol 15-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8283849
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01871-0
PMID:34266378
Enhancing monitoring of rewilding progress through wildlife tracking and remote sensing Mata JC, Buitenwerf R, Svenning JC PLoS One 09-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8270134
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253148
PMID:34242225
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea are integral to nitrogen cycling in a highly fertile agricultural soil Huang L, Chakrabarti S, Cooper J, Perez A, John SM, Daroub SH, Martens-Habbena W ISME Commun 01-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC9723749
doi:10.1038/s43705-021-00020-4
PMID:37938645
Native Amazonian Canga Grasses Show Distinct Nitrogen Growth Responses in Iron Mining Substrates Caldeira CF, Lima MO, Ramos SJ, Gastauer M Plants (Basel) 22-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8146357
doi:10.3390/plants10050849
PMID:33922282
Checklist of the grasses of India Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P PhytoKeys 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC10311516
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393
PMID:37397271

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