Eleusine coracana

Eleusine coracana

Eleusine coracana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
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: Eleusine coracana

Name

Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cynosurus coracanus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 875 (1759).
• Homotypic
  • Eleusine cerealis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 19 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Eleusine sphaerosperma Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 149 (1812), nom. superfl.
  • Eleusine indica var. coracana (L.) Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 114 (1923).
  • Eleusine indica subsp. coracana (L.) Lye, Lidia 4: 150 (1999).
• Heterotypic
  • Eleusine stricta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 344 (1820).
  • Cynodon coracanus Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825).
  • Eleusine rigida Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 36 (1827).
  • Eleusine ovalis Ehrenb. ex Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 571 (1830), nom. nud.
  • Eleusine tocussa Fresen., Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 141 (1837).
  • Eleusine coracana var. stricta (Roxb.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 251 (1841).
  • Eleusine luco Welw., Apont.: 591 (1858 publ. 1859), nom. nud.
  • Eleusine dagussa Schimp., Gartenflora 21: 205 (1872).
  • Eleusine coracana var. tocussa (Fresen.) Franch., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 377 (1895).
  • Eleusine tocussa var. erytroleuca Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
  • Eleusine tocussa var. erytromelana Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
  • Eleusine tocussa var. flavocarpa Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
  • Eleusine tocussa var. leucocarpa Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
  • Eleusine tocussa var. melanocarpa Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
  • Eleusine tocussa var. olivacea Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
  • Eleusine indica var. stricta (Roxb.) Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 83 (1919).
  • Eleusine reniformis Divak., Madras Agric. J. 46: 486 (1959).
  • Eleusine pilosa Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 50 (1965).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola Regional: Central Africa Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Nigeria, Zaïre Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia Rwanda, Sudan Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Socotra Introduced into: Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil West-Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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. : 1:8.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eleusine coracana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Eleusine coracana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eleusine coracana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eleusine coracana. Published online. Accessed: August 29 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eleusine coracana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 7, 2018..

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fingerhirse
English: Finger Millet, Ragi
español: coracán, dagussa, mijo africano
suomi: Afrikansormihirssi
français: coracan, eleusine, mil rouge, raggee
हिन्दी: ragi
Gĩkũyũ: mwimbi
português: capim-colonial, luco, nachenim
Kiswahili: ulezi
தமிழ்: கேழ்வரகு

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