Eleusine
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| Eleusine | |
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| Eleusine indica | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Eleusine Gaertn. |
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Eleusine is a genus of grasses sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. There are about nine species, eight of which are native to Africa, with the ninth, E. tristachya, native to South America. Particularly well known is Eleusine indica, a widespread weed. Eleusine coracana, finger millet, is cultivated for its grain in India and parts of Africa.
[edit] Species
- Eleusine coracana
- Eleusine floccifolia
- Eleusine indica
- Eleusine jaegeri
- Eleusine multiflora
- Eleusine tristachya
[edit] External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- USDA Genetic Resources Information Network
- Grass Manual Treatment
- Multilingual Eleusine common names
- Crop Wild Relatives Gap Analysis Portal reliable information source on where and what to conserve ex-situ, regarding Eleusine genepool
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