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Taxon:  Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. sphacelata



Summary
Genus:
Setaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
401419
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. (61 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. anceps (Stapf) Veldkamp (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. aurea (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Clayton (1 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. splendida (Stapf) Clayton (3 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum sphacelatum Schumach.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Setaria flabellata Stapf
Setaria neglecta de Wit
Setaria perennis Hack.
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. stolonifera de Wit
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Reference(s)
  1. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  2. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  3. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  5. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
6Other     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401419. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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