Setaria

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Genus of grasses

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::summary Genus of grasses ::

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  • Acrochaete Peter
  • Chaetochloa Scribn.
  • Cymbosetaria Schweick.
  • Camusiella Bosser
  • Tansaniochloa Rauschert ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-U.1527438-Setaria_distantiflora(A.Rich.)Pilg.-Poaceae-Grass-_Herbarium_sheet.jpg" caption="caption=Setaria distantiflora (A.Rich.) Pilg., herbarium sheet"] ::

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Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word seta, meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.

The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tropical and temperate regions around the world, and members are commonly known as foxtail or bristle grasses.

Description

The grass is topped by a cylindrical long-haired head, which tend to droop when ripe. The seeds are less than 6 mm in length.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

; Formerly included Numerous species were once considered members of Setaria but have since been reassigned to the genera Brachiaria, Dissochondrus, Echinochloa, Holcolemma, Ixophorus, Oplismenus, Panicum, Pennisetum, Pseudoraphis, Setariopsis, and Urochloa.

Uses

The grains can be eaten raw, though are hard and can be bitter; boiling can reduce both of these properties.

Several species have been domesticated and used as staple crops throughout history: foxtail millet (S. italica), korali (S. pumila) in India, and, before the full domestication of maize, Setaria macrostachya in Mexico. Several species are still cultivated today as food or as animal fodder, such as foxtail millet and korali (S. pumila), while others are considered invasive weeds. S. italica and S. viridis are being developed as genetic model systems for the study of monocots and bioenergy grasses.

Other species that have been cultivated as crops include S. palmifolia (highland pitpit) of Papua New Guinea, where it is cultivated as a green vegetable; S. parviflora (knot-root foxtail), historically cultivated in Mesoamerica; and S. sphacelata (African bristle grass) of Sudan, a "lost millet" of Nubia.

References

References

  1. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50006737 Tropicos, ''Setaria'' Ach. ex Michx.]
  2. (2007-10-05). "Genus: ''Setaria'' P. Beauv.". United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22(3): 156 (1920)
  4. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=442152 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  5. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394130#page/135/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 51] in Latin
  6. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394130#page/298/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIII (13), figure III (3)] line drawing of ''Setaria viridis''
  7. Quattrocchi, Umberto. (2000). "CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology". CRC Press.
  8. Aliscioni, S., et al. [http://2004.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=1127 An overview of the genus ''Setaria'' (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) in the Old World: Systematic revision and phylogenetic approach.] Abstract. Botany 2004. Salt Lake City. August 3, 2004.
  9. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=130214 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 499, 531 狗尾草属 gou wei cao shu ''Setaria'' P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 51. 1812]
  10. [http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Setaria Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]
  11. link. (2015-02-01)
  12. [http://bie.ala.org.au/species/SETARIA Atlas of Living Australia]
  13. [http://redlist.sanbi.org/genus.php?genus=1167 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants]
  14. (2009). "The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants". [[Skyhorse Publishing]].
  15. "''Setaria'' P.Beauv..".
  16. (2017). "Genetics and Genomics of Setaria".
  17. Dekker, Jack. (29 February 2004). "Weed Biology and Management". Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  18. (2011-03-31). "Setaria viridis and Setaria italica, model genetic systems for the Panicoid grasses". Journal of Experimental Botany.
  19. Fuller, Dorian Q.. (2014). "Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology". Springer New York.

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