Genus of grasses
Setaria
is a widespread genus of plants in the
grass family
.
[5]
[6]
The name is derived from the
Latin
word
seta
, meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.
[7]
The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tropical and temperate regions around the world,
[8]
and members are commonly known as
foxtail
or
bristle grasses
.
[2]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
Description
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The grass is topped by a cylindrical long-haired head, which tend to droop when ripe. The seeds are less than
6 millimetres (
1
⁄
4
inch) in length.
[14]
Species
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As of May 2024
[update]
,
Plants of the World Online
accepted the following species:
[15]
- Setaria adhaerens
(Forssk.) Chiov.
- Setaria albovillosa
(S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster
- Setaria alonsoi
Pensiero & A.M.Anton
- Setaria ankarensis
(A.Camus) ined.
- Setaria apiculata
(Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.
- Setaria appendiculata
(Hack.) Stapf
- Setaria arizonica
Rominger
- Setaria atrata
Hack.
- Setaria australiensis
(Scribn. & Merr.) Vickery
? scrub pigeon grass
- Setaria austrocaledonica
(Balansa) A.Camus
- Setaria aversa
(Vickery) R.D.Webster
- Setaria barbata
(Lam.) Kunth
? bristly foxtail grass, corn grass, Mary grass
- Setaria barbinodis
R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria basiclada
(Hughes) R.D.Webster
- Setaria bathiei
A.Camus
- Setaria bosseri
A.Camus
- Setaria brigalow
R.D.Webster
- Setaria brownii
Desv.
- Setaria carinata
S.Nozawa & Pensiero
- Setaria cernua
Kunth
- Setaria chapmanii
(Vasey) Pilg.
- Setaria chondrachne
(Steud.) Honda
- Setaria clementii
(Domin) R.D.Webster
- Setaria clivalis
(Ridl.) Veldkamp
- Setaria constricta
(Domin) R.D.Webster
- Setaria cordobensis
R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria corrugata
(Elliott) Schult.
- Setaria criniformis
(S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster
- Setaria desertorum
(A.Rich.) Morrone
- Setaria dielsii
R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria distans
(Trin.) Veldkamp
- Setaria distantiflora
(A.Rich.) Pilg.
- Setaria elegantula
(Mez) Morat
- Setaria faberi
R.A.W.Herrm.
? giant foxtail, Chinese foxtail
- Setaria fiebrigii
R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria finita
Launert
- Setaria flavida
(Retz.) Veldkamp
- Setaria forbesiana
(Nees ex Steud.) Hook.f.
- Setaria gausa
(S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster
- Setaria geminata
(Forssk.) Veldkamp
- Setaria globoidea
(Domin) R.D.Webster
- Setaria globulifera
(Steud.) Griseb.
- Setaria gracillima
Hook.f.
- Setaria grandis
Stapf
- Setaria grandispiculata
(B.K.Simon) R.D.Webster
- Setaria grisebachii
E.Fourn.
- Setaria guizhouensis
S.L.Chen & G.Y.Sheng
- Setaria hassleri
Hack.
- Setaria homonyma
(Steud.) Chiov.
- Setaria humbertiana
A.Camus
- Setaria hunzikeri
Anton
- Setaria incrassata
(Hochst.) Hack.
? Vlei bristlegrass
- Setaria intermedia
Roem. & Schult.
- Setaria italica
(L.) P.Beauv.
? foxtail millet, dwarf setaria, Italian millet
- Setaria jaffrei
Morat
- Setaria johnsonii
(B.K.Simon) ined.
- Setaria jubiflora
(Trin.) R.D.Webster
- Setaria kagerensis
Mez
- Setaria lachnea
(Nees) Kunth
- Setaria latifolia
(Scribn.) R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria leonis
(E.Ekman) Leon
- Setaria leucopila
(Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.
? plains bristle grass, streambed bristle grass
- Setaria liebmannii
E.Fourn.
- Setaria limensis
Tovar
- Setaria lindenbergiana
(Nees) Stapf
- Setaria longipila
E.Fourn.
- Setaria longiseta
P.Beauv.
- Setaria macrosperma
(Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.
- Setaria macrostachya
Kunth
- Setaria madecassa
A.Camus
- Setaria magna
Griseb.
? giant bristle grass
- Setaria megaphylla
(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
? broad-leaved bristle grass, ribbon bristle grass
- Setaria mendocina
Phil.
- Setaria mildbraedii
Mez ex C.E.Hubb.
- Setaria montana
Reeder
- Setaria nicorae
Pensiero
- Setaria nigrirostris
(Nees) T.Durand & Schinz
? black-seed bristle grass
- Setaria oblongata
(Griseb.) Parodi
- Setaria obscura
de Wit
- Setaria obtusifolia
(Delile) Morrone
- Setaria oplismenoides
R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria orthosticha
K.Schum. ex R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria palmeri
Henrard
- Setaria palmifolia
(J.Koenig) Stapf
? palm grass, highland pitpit
- Setaria pampeana
Parodi ex Nicora
- Setaria paraguayensis
Pensiero
- Setaria parodii
Nicora
- Setaria parviflora
(Poir.) Kerguelen
? knotroot bristle grass, slender pigeon grass
- Setaria paspalidioides
Vickery
- Setaria paucifolia
(Morong) Lindm.
- Setaria perrieri
A.Camus
- Setaria petiolata
Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Setaria pflanzii
Pensiero
- Setaria plicata
(Lam.) T.Cooke
- Setaria poiretiana
(Schult.) Kunth
?
grama negra
,
gramalote sacha
- Setaria pradana
(Leon ex C.L.Hitchc.) Leon
- Setaria pseudaristata
(Peter) Pilg.
- Setaria pumila
(Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
? yellow foxtail
- Setaria punctata
(Burm.f.) Veldkamp
- Setaria queenslandica
Domin
- Setaria rara
(R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Setaria reflexa
(R.D.Webster) R.D.Webster
- Setaria restioidea
(Franch.) Stapf
- Setaria retiglumis
(Domin) R.D.Webster
- Setaria reverchonii
(Vasey) Pilg.
- Setaria rigida
Stapf
- Setaria roemeri
Jansen
- Setaria rosengurttii
Nicora
- Setaria sagittifolia
(A.Rich.) Walp.
- Setaria scabrifolia
(Nees) Kunth
- Setaria scandens
Schrad.
- Setaria scheelei
(Steud.) Hitchc.
? southwestern bristle grass
- Setaria scottii
(Hack.) A.Camus
- Setaria setosa
(Sw.) P.Beauv.
- Setaria spartella
(S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster
- Setaria sphacelata
(Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
? African bristle grass, South African pigeon grass
- Setaria stolonifera
Boldrini
- Setaria submacrostachya
Luces
- Setaria sulcata
Raddi
- Setaria surgens
Stapf
- Setaria tabulata
(Hack.) R.D.Webster
- Setaria taolanensis
A.Camus
- Setaria tenacissima
Schrad.
- Setaria tenax
(Rich.) Desv.
- Setaria texana
Emery
- Setaria uda
(S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster
- Setaria utowanaea
(Scribn.) Pilg.
- Setaria vaginata
Spreng.
- Setaria variifolia
(Swallen) Davidse
- Setaria vatkeana
K.Schum.
- Setaria verticillata
(L.) P.Beauv.
? bristly foxtail
- Setaria villosissima
(Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.
- Setaria viridis
(L.) P.Beauv.
? green foxtail
- Setaria vulpiseta
(Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
? plains bristle grass
- Setaria welwitschii
Rendle
- Setaria yunnanensis
Keng f. & K.D.Yu
- Formerly included
[4]
Numerous species were once considered members of
Setaria
but have since been reassigned to the following genera:
Brachiaria
,
Dissochondrus
,
Echinochloa
,
Holcolemma
,
Ixophorus
,
Oplismenus
,
Panicum
,
Pennisetum
,
Pseudoraphis
,
Setariopsis
, and
Urochloa
Uses
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The grains can be eaten raw, though are hard and can be bitter; boiling can reduce both of these properties.
[14]
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.
[16]
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
.
[17]
S. italica
and
S. viridis
are being developed as genetic model systems for the study of
monocots
and
bioenergy
grasses.
[18]
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
.
[19]
See also
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References
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- ^
Tropicos,
Setaria
Ach. ex Michx.
- ^
a
b
"Genus:
Setaria
P. Beauv"
.
Germplasm Resources Information Network
. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05
. Retrieved
2013-11-16
.
- ^
lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22(3): 156 (1920)
- ^
a
b
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 51
in Latin
- ^
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIII (13), figure III (3)
line drawing of
Setaria viridis
- ^
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000).
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology
. Vol. 4: R-Q. CRC Press. p. 2470.
ISBN
0-8493-2673-7
.
- ^
Aliscioni, S., et al.
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.
- ^
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 499, 531
狗尾草?
gou wei cao shu
Setaria
P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 51. 1812
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ^
Altervista Flora Italiana
Archived
2015-02-01 at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
Atlas of Living Australia
- ^
Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
- ^
a
b
The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants
.
United States Department of the Army
. New York:
Skyhorse Publishing
. 2009. p. 56.
ISBN
978-1-60239-692-0
.
OCLC
277203364
.
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)
- ^
"
Setaria
P.Beauv."
Plants of the World Online
.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
. Retrieved
2024-06-07
.
- ^
Diao, Xianmin; Jia, Guanqing (2017). "Origin and Domestication of Foxtail Millet".
Genetics and Genomics of Setaria
. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models. Vol. 19. pp. 61?72.
doi
:
10.1007/978-3-319-45105-3_4
.
ISBN
978-3-319-45103-9
.
ISSN
2363-9601
.
- ^
Dekker, Jack (29 February 2004). "4". In Inderjit (ed.).
Weed Biology and Management
. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 65?67.
ISBN
9781402017612
.
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Li, P.; Brutnell, T. P. (2011-03-31).
"Setaria viridis and Setaria italica, model genetic systems for the Panicoid grasses"
.
Journal of Experimental Botany
.
62
(9): 3031?3037.
doi
:
10.1093/jxb/err096
.
ISSN
0022-0957
.
PMID
21459768
.
- ^
Fuller, Dorian Q. (2014). "Millets: Origins and Development".
Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology
. New York, NY: Springer New York. pp. 4945?4948.
doi
:
10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2181
.
ISBN
978-1-4419-0426-3
.
S2CID
129203615
.
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