Setaria homonyma (Steud.) Chiov.

First published in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 78 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chiov. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 78 (1919).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 87 (1965).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 58 (1958).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 292 (1934).
  • Stapf & C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 857 (1930).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K002861842 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [492] Cameroon K002826209 Yes
Backeus, I. [1188] Tanzania K002827695 No
Verboom, W.C. [923] Zambia K002861863 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9029] Zambia K001590891 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8356] Zambia K001590926 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9357] Zambia K001590920 Yes
Merrett, L. [2442] Zambia K001553968 Yes
Savory, C.A. [274] Zambia K002861855 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6598] Zimbabwe K002861905 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2883] Zimbabwe K002861894 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5683] Zambia K002861867 Yes
Burger, W. [804] Ethiopia K002826582 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1330] Zambia K002861864 Yes
Mendonça, F.A. [1191] Mozambique K002861829 Yes
Welwitsch [7176] Angola K000281815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Astle, W.L. [4533] Zambia K002861862 Yes
Reekmans, M. [7807] Burundi K002826213 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1203] Uganda K002827651 Yes
Eyles, F. [2981] Zimbabwe K002861907 Yes
Humbert [7620] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826196 Yes
s.coll. [3623] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826202 Yes
Lewys-Lloyd, H.E. [273] Uganda K002827650 Yes
Brain, C.K. [3018] Zimbabwe K002861895 Yes
s.coll. [9021] Angola K002861919 Yes
Liben [2791] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826200 Yes
s.coll. [9847] Angola K002861927 Yes
Angus, A. [[1266]] Zambia K002861879 Yes
Buchanan, J. [65] Malawi K002861843 Yes
Angus, A. [3048] Zambia K002861873 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3073] Tanzania K002827702 No
Robinson, E.A. [99] Zambia K002861858 Yes
Crook, A.O. [52600] Zambia K002861870 Yes
Brain, C.K. [10601A.] Zimbabwe K002861903 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [823] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826204 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5858] Burundi K002826214 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3200] Zambia K002861857 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A167a] Zambia K002861875 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2081] Zimbabwe K002861893 Yes
Osterkamp, M. [3] Zambia K002861874 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2538] Tanzania K002827669 No
Troupin, G. [1976] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826205 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [7191] Angola K002861918 Yes
White, F. [7139] Zambia K002861865 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4626] Tanzania K002827671 No
Loveridge, M.V. (Mrs) [585] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826186 Yes
[K] [4691] Zimbabwe K002861889 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [2581] Ethiopia K001666097 Yes
Lewalle, J. [s.n.] Burundi K002826221 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4109] Botswana K002861916 Yes
Thollon [826] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000281919 Type Yes
Thollon [826] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000281920 Type Yes
Hinds, G.H. [55] Zambia K002861881 Yes
Pielou, D.P. [161] Tanzania K002827681 No
Boaler, S.B. [200] Tanzania K002827697 No
Ellis, R.P. [2797] Zimbabwe K002861909 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K.; Katende, A.B. [Ly-6553] Uganda K002827660 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [255] Uganda K002827655 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [782] Uganda K002827648 Yes
Stolz, A. [1259] Tanzania K002827680 No
Best, E.B. [56] Zambia K002861878 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [666] Tanzania K002827705 No
Welw [7207] Angola K002861928 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9590] Burundi K002826219 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B. [6461] Zimbabwe K002861891 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11361] Tanzania K002827703 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [12647] K000281921 Type Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1137] Uganda K002827645 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002827664 No
Cormack, A.B. [186] Malawi K002861841 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [375] Zimbabwe K002861886 Yes
Richards, H.M. [18997] Zambia K002861853 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [8462] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826192 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [497] Uganda K002827653 Yes
White, F. [6973] Zambia K002861869 Yes
Hornby [H2340] Zimbabwe K002861896 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1617K.B.S.] Zambia K002861871 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [27751] Congo, Republic of the K002826211 Yes
Davidse, G.; Handlos, W.L. [7173] Zambia K002861852 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T45] Tanzania K002827684 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4633] Zambia K002861845 Yes
Kelly, R.D. [193] Zimbabwe K002861901 Yes
Broun [1114] Sudan K000281893 Holotype Yes
Craster, W. [60] Zimbabwe K002861890 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1682] Zambia K002861872 Yes
Agric. Assistants [25] Tanzania K002827696 No
Maitland, T.D. [499] Uganda K002827654 Yes
s.coll. [6627] Burundi K002826220 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/216A] Malawi K002861838 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [447] Zimbabwe K002861900 Yes
B. Mhoro [1272] Tanzania K002827667 No
J.illegible] Mazoe [2292] Zimbabwe K002861911 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. (Mrs) [716] Tanzania K002827687 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9587] Tanzania K002827674 No
Stohr, F.O. [753] Zambia K002861868 Yes
s.coll. [2069] Zimbabwe K002861888 Yes
Crook, A.O. [1067] Zimbabwe K002861902 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17863] Tanzania K001890778 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [5773] Congo, Republic of the K001612698 Yes
Wilberforce, P.W. [A/54] Zambia K002861847 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [Lye4718] Uganda K002827661 Yes
s.coll. [2813] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826189 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6698] Tanzania K002827688 No
Johnston, H.B. [1204] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826203 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3837] Zambia K002861850 Yes
Volkens, G. [914] Tanzania K000281860 Type Yes
van der Ben, D. [1943] Burundi K002826216 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23958] Tanzania K002827689 No
Furuya, K. [284] Tanzania K002827690 No
Burrows, H.H. [1702] Zimbabwe K002861892 Yes
s.coll. [25] Angola K002861921 Yes
Rood, A.N. [63] Tanzania K002827692 No
Angus, A. [3487] Zambia K002861877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K002861926 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2350] Botswana K002861917 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4633] Zambia K002861846 Yes
Mavi, S. [1064] Zimbabwe K002861885 Yes
Emson, H.E. [481] Tanzania K002827698 No
Germain, R. [385] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826193 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [28] Malawi K002861839 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14278] Tanzania K002827683 No
Gutzwiller [3381] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826184 Yes
Crook, A.O. [694] Zimbabwe K002861897 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2022] Tanzania K002827672 No
Taton [1514] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826199 Yes
Emson, H.E. [101] Tanzania K002827699 No
Bainbridge, W.R. [697] Zambia K002861883 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2045] Kenya K002827663 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000281839 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3019] Zimbabwe K002861884 Yes
s.coll. [2842] Zimbabwe K002861887 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5722] Zambia K002861866 Yes
Macaulay [81] Zambia K002861882 Yes
Jackson, J. [1241] Malawi K002861837 Yes
Richards, H.M. [1338] Zambia K002861849 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2185] Uganda K002827652 Yes
Lindel [3568] Rwanda K002826212 Yes
Troupin, G. [1976] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826206 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [398] Malawi K002861840 Yes
Flamigni, A. [XVIII] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826198 Yes
Vanderyst [30016] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826197 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2586] Tanzania K002827670 No
Robinson, E.A. [1089] Zambia K002861854 Yes
Jean Louis [15750] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826190 Yes
s.coll. [522] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826185 Yes
van der Ben, D. [139] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826178 Yes
Hornby, A.J.W. [3344] Mozambique K002861832 Yes
Quarre [3153] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826183 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1911] Uganda K002827646 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [3183] Tanzania K002827677 No
s.coll. [874] Burundi K002826218 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1248] Uganda K002827656 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [18002] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826187 Yes
s.coll. [23750] India K000281841 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A.; Spawls, S.; Spawls, T. [11723] Kenya K002827662 No
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002827658 Yes
s.coll. [11] Angola K002861922 Yes
s.coll. [4983&5669] Angola K002861925 Yes
Katende; Naiga [s.n.] Uganda K002827642 Yes
[H. S. M] [2693] Zimbabwe K002861908 Yes
Devred, R. [1154] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826177 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K002861851 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3029] Tanzania K002827704 No
Gillman, H. [169] Tanzania K002827693 No
Mbago, F. [1076] Tanzania K002827673 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Mbago, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2971] Tanzania K002827701 No
s.coll. [1523] Rwanda K002826201 Yes
Davies, R. [D1015] Zimbabwe K002861898 Yes
Ndawula-Senyimba, M. [229] Uganda K002827647 Yes
Pawek [4565] Malawi K002861836 Yes
Wild, H. [1770] Zimbabwe K002861910 Yes
Stewart, A.B. [130] Zambia K002861880 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1724] Zimbabwe K002861904 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [7172] Angola K002861920 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3637] Tanzania K002827668 No
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4738] Uganda K002827643 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4595] Zambia K002861861 Yes
Jones, V. [51] Tanzania K002827682 No
Goldsmith, B. [82/55] Zimbabwe K002861906 Yes
Stolz, A. [985] Tanzania K002827679 No
Kornas, J. [0818] Zambia K002861860 Yes
Germain, R. [385] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826194 Yes
Lewys-Lloyd, H.E. [8] Uganda K002827649 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0824] Zambia K002861876 Yes
Lisowski, S. [10452] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826188 Yes
Lynes, H. [Ih251a] Tanzania K002827686 No
s.coll. [13] Angola K002861923 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1433K.B.S.] Zambia K002861859 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9877] Tanzania K002827675 No
Davies, R.J. [292] Tanzania K002827694 No
Verboom, W.C. [963] Malawi K002861835 Yes
s.coll. [1215] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826191 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000281840 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hill, W.J. [s.n.] Tanzania K002827685 No
Purseglove, J.W. [P3354] Uganda K002827644 Yes
Leonard, A. [4179] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826195 Yes
Wingfield, R. [3477] Tanzania K002827700 No
Williamson, G.; Gassner, A. [s.n.] Zambia K002861848 Yes
Hens, F. [62] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826210 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Banda, C.S. [2015] Malawi K002861833 Yes
Jackson, G. [324] Malawi K002861844 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [1449] Cameroon K002826207 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/46] Malawi K002861834 Yes
Quarre [6274] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826182 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A167] Zambia K002861856 Yes
Jackson, G. [U54] Uganda K002827659 Yes
Lovett, J.; Kayombo, C.J. [4404] Tanzania K002827676 No
[G. Killer-Grein] [[269]] Zimbabwe K002861912 Yes
Nyariri, P. [700] Zimbabwe K002861914 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [8217] Cameroon K002826208 Yes
Lebrun, J. [8874] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826179 Yes
Fisher; [illegible] [270] Mozambique K002861830 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mwasumbi, L.; Vollesen, K.B. [982] Tanzania K002827678 No
Detilleux [769] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826180 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2043] Zimbabwe K002861899 Yes
s.coll. [7446] Burundi K002826217 Yes
[illegible] [2354] Mozambique K002861831 Yes
Thulin, M. [1319] Ethiopia K002826580 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [215] Tanzania K002827691 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000281842 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24888] Uganda K002827657 Yes
Davies, R.M. [3205] Zimbabwe K002861913 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1934] Botswana K002861915 Yes
[C. Michal] [5296] Rwanda K002826215 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1323] Ethiopia K002826581 Yes
Thulin, M. [1344] Ethiopia K002826583 Yes
s.coll. [8383] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002826181 Yes

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