Eleusine

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Eleusine
Species: E. africana – E. coracana – E. floccifolia –E. indica – E. intermedia – E. jaegeri – E. kigeziensis – E. multiflora – E. semisterilis – E. tristachya

Name

Eleusine Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 7 (1788).

Type species: Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 8 (1788).

References
Primary references

Gaertner, J. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. 384 pp, LXXIX pl. Stuttgart: Typis Academiae Carolinae. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleusine in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 08. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Eleusine. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10.
Tropicos.org 2013. Eleusine. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Eleusine. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names
suomi: Sormihirssit

Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,[3][4] sometimes called by the common name goosegrass.[5][6] One species (Eleusine indica), is a widespread weed in many places. Another species Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.[7]

Species[8][9]

Eleusine africana – Africa (from South Africa to Egypt + Senegal), Madagascar, Comoros, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
Eleusine coracana – tropical Africa; naturalized in parts of Asia (Arabia, India, China, Japan,, Indonesia, etc.), Western Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, etc.
Eleusine floccifolia – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen
Eleusine indica – Asia, Africa, Papuasia; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, Americas, various islands
Eleusine intermedia – Kenya, Ethiopia
Eleusine jaegeri – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
Eleusine kigeziensis – Ethiopia, Uganda, Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi
Eleusine multiflora – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in South Africa, Mexico, Lesotho
Eleusine semisterilis – Kenya
Eleusine tristachya – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Islands

formerly included[8]

numerous species once included in Eleusine but now considered better suited to other genera: Acrachne Aeluropus Chloris Coelachyrum Dactyloctenium Dinebra Disakisperma Eragrostis Harpochloa Leptochloa Ochthochloa Sclerodactylon Uniola Wangenheimia

References

lectotype designated by Nash in Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 2) 1: 228 (1913)
Tropicos, Eleusine Gaertn.
Gaertner, Joseph. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: pages 7–8 descriptions and figure captions in Latin
Gaertner, Joseph. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: Plate I (1), figure XI (11 a-i) line drawings of Eleusine coracana
Multilingual Eleusine common names
US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
"USDA Genetic Resources Information Network". Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Eleusine