Setaria megaphylla

Setaria megaphylla

Setaria megaphylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Cenchrinae
Genus: Setaria
Species: Setaria megaphylla

Name

Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz, 1894

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Panicum megaphyllum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853)
• Heterotypic
  • Agrostis flabellata Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853), pro syn.
  • Panicum flabellatum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853)
  • Panicum oligochaete (K.Schum.) Kneuck., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 21: 28 (1915)
  • Panicum phyllomacrum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 53 (1853)
  • Panicum plicatile Hochst., Flora 38: 198 (1855)
  • Panicum plicatile var. glabrescens Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 31 (1908)
  • Panicum plicatile var. pilosum Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 31 (1908)
  • Panicum prolisetum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 52 (1853)
  • Panicum sulcatum var. stenophyllum Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 46 (1902)
  • Setaria acuta Stapf & C.E.Hubb., D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 846 (1930)
  • Setaria chevalieri Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 842 (1930)
  • Setaria chevalieri var. racemosa de Wit, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 11 (1941), no Latin descr.
  • Setaria insignis de Wit, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 13 (1941)
  • Setaria macrophylla Andersson, W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 550 (1864)
  • Setaria megaphylla var. chevalieri (Stapf) Berhaut, H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine, ed. 2: 401 (1954)
  • Setaria megaphylla subsp. kisunduensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 683 (1925)
  • Setaria megaphylla var. palustris Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 683 (1925)
  • Setaria natalensis de Wit, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 19 (1941)
  • Setaria oligochaete K.Schum., H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 105 (1895)
  • Setaria phyllomacra (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 774 (1894)
  • Setaria plicatilis (Hochst.) Hack., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 121 (1892)
  • Setaria proliseta (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 774 (1894)
  • Setaria sulcata subsp. latifolia Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 682 (1925), nom. nud.
  • Setaria sulcata subsp. parvifolia Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 682 (1925), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Tropical Africa Benin, Burundi, Central African Repu, Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Regional:Mascareñas Mauritius, Réunion Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Saudi Arabia, Yemen Introduced into: Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Canary Is., Egypt, Florida, Louisiana, Madeira, Myanmar, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Durand, T.A. & Schinz, H. 1894. Conspectus Floræ Africæ; ou, Énumération des plantes d'Afrique Vol. 1(2). 268 pp. Bruxelles. BHL Reference page. : 5:773.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Setaria megaphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Setaria megaphylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Setaria megaphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Setaria megaphylla. Published online. Accessed: October 21 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Setaria megaphylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: broad-leaved bristle grass, bigleaf bristlegrass

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