Setaria

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Contains 15 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	POACEAE
Genus:	Setaria P.Beauv.
Common Name:	BRISTLEGRASS; FOXTAIL
Genus Notes:	Setaria is composed of numerous lineages and similarly the circumscription of Paspalidium is quite uncertain (Kellogg et al. 2009; Layton & Kellogg 2014). Both genera will likely require taxonomic revision.
Specimen:	View USF Herbarium specimens of this genus

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	POALES
Family	POACEAE
Genus	*Setaria*

Citation

Citation	SETARIA Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 51, 178, pl. 13(3). 1812, nom. cons. vs. Setaria Acharius ex Michaux 1803.
Basionym:	**
Type:	TYPE: Setaria viridis (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, typ. cons. (Panicum viride Linnaeus)

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Herbarium Specimens	Photos
Setaria adhaerens	BUR BRISTLEGRASS
Setaria barbata	EAST INDIAN BRISTLEGRASS; MARYGRASS; CORNGRASS
Setaria corrugata	COASTAL BRISTLEGRASS; COASTAL FOXTAIL
Setaria faberi	JAPANESE BRISTLEGRASS; GIANT FOXTAIL
Setaria italica	FOXTAIL BRISTLEGRASS
Setaria macrosperma	CORAL BRISTLEGRASS; CORAL FOXTAIL
Setaria magna	GIANT BRISTLEGRASS
Setaria megaphylla	PALMGRASS
Setaria palmifolia	PALMGRASS
Setaria parviflora	YELLOW BRISTLEGRASS; KNOTROOT FOXTAIL
Setaria pumila	YELLOW BRISTLEGRASS; YELLOW FOXTAIL
Setaria rariflora	BRAZILIAN BRISTLEGRASS
Setaria setosa	WEST INDIAN BRISTLEGRASS
Setaria sphacelata	AFRICAN BRISTLEGRASS
Setaria viridis	GREEN BRISTLEGRASS; GREEN FOXTAIL; FOXTAIL MILLET

Identification Key

Genus Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Type
Acrochaete	Acrochaete Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1, app.): 54. 1930, non Pringsheim 1863.	TYPE: Acrochaete pseudaristata Peter = Tansaniochloa Rauschert 1982.
Camusiella	Camusiella Bosser, Adansonia, ser. 2. 6: 105. 1966.	TYPE: Camusiella vatkeana (K. Schumann) Bosser (Setaria vatkeana K. Schumann)
Chaetochloa	Chaetochloa Lamson-Scribner, U.S.D.A. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 38. 1897.	TYPE: Chaetochloa viridis (Linnaeus) Lamson-Scribner (Panicum viride Linnaeus) = Setaria Palisot de Beauvois 1812.
Cymbosetaria	Cymbosetaria Schweickerdt, in A. W. Hill, Hooker's Icon. Pl., ser. 5. 34: pl. 3320. 1939.	TYPE: Cymbosetaria sagittifolia (A. Richard) Schweickerdt (Pennisetum sagittifolium A. Richard)
Tansaniochloa	Tansaniochloa Rauschert, Taxon 31: 561. 1982.	TYPE: Tansaniochloa pseudaristata (Peter) Rauschert (Acrochaete pseudaristata Peter) Substitute name for Acrochaete Peter 1930, non Pringsheim 1863.

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