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Taxon:  Setaria tenax (Rich.) Desv.



Summary
Genus:
Setaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
103550
Place of publication:
Opusc. sci. phys. nat. 78; Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 182. 1831
Verified:
10/17/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum tenax Rich.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chaetochloa impressa (Nees) Hitchc. & Chase
Panicum impressum Nees
Setaria impressa (Nees) Kunth
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Reference(s)
  1. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  3. Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
  4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
  5. Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
  6. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  7. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  8. Renvoize, S. A. Gramineas de Bolivia. 1998
  9. Renvoize, S. A. The grasses of Bahia. 1984
  10. Rominger, J. M. 1962. Taxonomy of Setaria (Gramineae) in North America. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 29:42.
  11. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  12. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995- Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  13. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976 Note: cult.
  14. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:589.
Common names
Spanish
paja imán –
wama'ipun –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico s.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico (s.)
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
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