Eleusine
Encyclopedia
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.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
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
Eleusine indica
Eleusine indica is an invasive species in the grass family Poaceae. It is a small annual weed distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees latitude...
, a widespread weed. Eleusine coracana
Finger millet
Eleusine coracana, commonly Finger millet , also known as African millet or Ragi is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Africa and Asia. E...
, finger millet, is cultivated for its grain in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and parts of Africa.
Species
- Eleusine coracanaFinger milletEleusine coracana, commonly Finger millet , also known as African millet or Ragi is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Africa and Asia. E...
- Eleusine floccifolia
- Eleusine indicaEleusine indicaEleusine indica is an invasive species in the grass family Poaceae. It is a small annual weed distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees latitude...
- Eleusine jaegeri
- Eleusine multiflora
- Eleusine tristachya
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