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



Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
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. (1 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. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: = Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne
  3. Bisht, M. S. & Y. Mukai. 2001. Genomic in situ hybridization identifies genome donor of finger millet (Eleusine coracana). Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:825-832. Note: as Eleusine africana, the wild progenitor of finger millet
  4. 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
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  7. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  8. Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2 Note: treats as Eleusine indica subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips
  9. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: = Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne
  11. Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1976. Domestication of Eleusine coracana. Econ. Bot. 30:199.
  12. 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
  13. Chennaveeraiah, M. S. & S. C. Hiremath. 1974. Genome analysis of Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Euphytica 23:489-495. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  14. Liu, Q. et al. 2011. Allotetraploid origin and divergence in Eleusine (Chloridoideae, Poaceae): evidence from low-copy nuclear gene phylogenies and a plastid gene chronogram. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108:1287-1298. Note: = Eleusine africana
  15. Neves, S. S. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT – trnF sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 35:395-419.
  16. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64:445-467.
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  18. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora. Note: treats as Eleusine indica subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English African finger millet 1 Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English wild finger millet 1 Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1976. Domestication of Eleusine coracana. Econ. Bot. 30:199.
Afrikaans osgras 2 Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
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
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin.devlab.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=400470. Accessed 1 December 2024.