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Taxon:  Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) Hilu & de Wet



Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
400470
Place of publication:
J. M. J. de Wet et al., Amer. J. Bot. 71:552. 1984 (K. Hilu & J. M. J. de Wet, Econ. Bot. 30:202. 1976, nom. inval.)
Comment:
full reference to the place of publication of basionym not provided in 1976 treatment
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. coracana (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips

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Reference(s)
  1. de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1984. Systematics and evolution of Eleusine coracana (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 71:552. Note: combination unknowingly validated here
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- Note: = E. africana Kenn.-O'Byrne
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  4. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  5. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992 Note: treats as E. indica subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips
  6. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  7. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000) Note: = E. africana Kenn.-O'Byrne
  8. Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1976. Domestication of Eleusine coracana. Econ. Bot. 30:199. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  9. Hilu, K. W. et al. 1979. Archaeobotanical studies of Eleusine coracana ssp. coracana (Finger millet). Amer. J. Bot. 66:330-333. Note: mentions but no validation of name
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  11. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997 Note: treats as E. indica subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips
  12. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: = E. africana Kenn.-O'Byrne
Common names
English
African finger millet –
wild finger millet –
Afrikaans
osgras –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
Economic Uses


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