Setaria
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Setaria

bristlegrass
foxtail millet
grass
palmgrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Setaria

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Subtribus  Setariinae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 64. 1829.
  
   Genus  Setaria P. Beauv.
pub. (1812)
common name: bristlegrass
  

Named members of the Genus Setaria

1
   Species  adhaerens (Forsk.) Chiov.
common name: burr bristlegrass
2
   Species  arizonica Rominger
common name: Arizona bristlegrass
3
   Species  barbata (Lam.) Kunth
common name: East Indian bristlegrass
4
   Species  carnei A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Setaria verticillata
5
   Species  chapmanii (Vasey) Pilger
syn. Paspalidium chapmanii
6
   Species  corrugata (Ell.) J.A. Schultes
common name: coastal bristlegrass
7
   Species  decipiens Schimp. ex Nyman
syn. Setaria verticilliformis
8
   Species  faberi Herrm.
common name: Japanese bristlegrass
9
   Species  firmula (A.S. Hitchc. & Chase) Pilger
common name: knot grass
10
   Species  geminata (Forsk.) Veldkamp
syn. Paspalidium geminatum var. geminatum
11
   Species  geniculata auct. non (Wild.) Beauv.
syn. Setaria parviflora
12
   Species  germinata (Forsk.) Veldkamp
 
13
   Varietas  paludivaga (A.S. Hitchc. & Chase) R. Webster
syn. Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum
14
   Species  glauca (L.) Beauv.
 
15
   Varietas  pallidifusca (Schumacher) T. Koyama
syn. Setaria pumila ssp. pallidifusca
16
   Species  gracilis Kunth
syn. Setaria parviflora
17
   Species  grisebachii Fourn.
common name: Grisebach's bristlegrass
18
   Species  gussonei Kergu�len
syn. Setaria verticilliformis
19
   Species  italica (L.) Beauv.
common name: foxtail millet
  
 
20
   Varietas  metzgeri (Koern.) J�v.
syn. Setaria italica
21
   Varietas  stramineofructa (F.T. Hubbard) Bailey
syn. Setaria italica
22
   Species  leiophylla (Nees) Kunth
syn. Setaria setosa var. leiophylla
23
   Species  leucopila (Scribn. & Merr.) K. Schum.
common name: streambed bristlegrass
24
   Species  liebmannii Fourn.
common name: Liebmann's bristlegrass
25
   Species  lutescens (Weigel) F.T. Hubbard
syn. Pennisetum glaucum
common name: foxtail grass
  
26
   Species  macrosperma (Scribn. & Merr.) K. Schum.
common name: coral bristlegrass
27
   Species  macrostachya Kunth
syn. Setaria vulpiseta
28
   Species  magna Griseb.
common name: giant bristlegrass
29
   Species  megaphylla (Steud.) T. Dur. & Schinz
common name: bigleaf bristlegrass
30
   Species  nigrirostris (Nees) T. Dur. & Schinz
common name: black bristlegrass
31
   Species  pallidifusca (Schumacher) Stapf & C.E. Hubbard
syn. Setaria pumila ssp. pallidifusca
32
   Species  palmifolia (Koenig) Stapf
common name: palmgrass
33
   Species  parviflora (Poir.) Kergu�len
common name: marsh bristlegrass
34
   Species  pradana (L�on ex A.S. Hitchc.) L�on
common name: roadside bristlegrass
35
   Species  pumila (Poir.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
 
36
   Subspecies  pallidifusca (Schumacher) B.K. Simon
common name: yellow bristlegrass
37
   Species  ramiseta (Scribn.) Pilger
common name: Rio Grande bristlegrass
38
   Species  rariflora Mikan ex Trin.
common name: Brazilian bristlegrass
39
   Species  reverchonii (Vasey) Pilger
common name: Reverchon's bristlegrass
40
   Species  scheelei (Steud.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: southwestern bristlegrass
41
   Species  setosa (Sw.) Beauv.
 
42
   Varietas  leiophylla (Nees) Arech.
common name: West Indian bristlegrass
43
   Varietas  setosa
common name: West Indian bristlegrass
44
   Species  sphacelata (Schumacher) Moss
common name: African bristlegrass
45
   Species  tenacissima Schrad.
common name: tropical bristlegrass
46
   Species  texana W.H.P. Emery
common name: Texas bristlegrass
47
   Species  utowanaea (Scribn. ex Millsp.) Pilger
common name: Caribbean bristlegrass
48
   Species  verticillata (L.) Beauv.
 
49
   Varietas  ambigua (Guss.) Parl.
syn. Setaria verticilliformis
50
   Varietas  respiciens (A. Rich.) A. Braun
syn. Setaria adhaerens
51
   Species  verticilliformis Dunart.
common name: barbed bristlegrass
52
   Species  villosissima (Scribn. & Merr.) K. Schum.
common name: hairyleaf bristlegrass
53
   Species  viridis (L.) Beauv.
 
54
   Varietas  ambigua (Guss.) Coss. & Durieu
syn. Setaria verticilliformis
55
   Varietas  breviseta (Doell) A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Setaria viridis var. viridis
56
   Varietas  major (Gaudin) Pospichal
common name: green bristlegrass
57
   Varietas  robustaalba Schreib.
syn. Setaria viridis var. major
58
   Varietas  robustapurpurea Schreib.
syn. Setaria viridis var. major
59
   Varietas  viridis
common name: green bristlegrass
60
   Varietas  weinmannii (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Borb�s
syn. Setaria viridis var. viridis
61
   Species  vulpiseta (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
common name: plains bristlegrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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