Poaceae
Setaria

Setaria sagittifolia (A.Rich.) Walp.

First published in Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 721 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 59 (1958).
  • Stapf & C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 862 (1930).
  • Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 721 (1852).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Burtt, B.D. [2634] Tanzania K002827320 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5025] Tanzania K000190253 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [237] South Africa K002862165 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1752] Zimbabwe K002861578 No
Snow, N.; Chatukuta, M. [6841] Botswana K002861594 No
Borle, J. [5149B] Mozambique K002861559 No
Jackson, G. [1250] Malawi K002861564 No
Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Besnard, G.; Razanantsoa, J.; Onjalalina, G.E. [207] Madagascar K002862011 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W. [7001] Namibia K002862158 Yes
s.coll. [388] Tanzania K002827331 Yes
Ward, C.J. [4119] South Africa K002862175 Yes
Schoenfelder, E.B. [S837] Namibia K002862162 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.J. [541] Malawi K002861566 No
Saint Clair Thompson, G.W. [541] Tanzania K002827332 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03247] South Africa K002862164 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1874] South Africa K002862173 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1039] K003338227 Yes
Greenway [2119] Tanzania K002827333 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [3191] Zimbabwe K002861588 No
Rautanen [[94]] Namibia K002862163 Yes
Story, R. [6362] Namibia K002862159 Yes
Balsinhas, A.; Macuacua, L. [555] Mozambique K002861560 No
Lousa; Rosa [235] Mozambique K002861561 No
Wood, J.R.I. [3000] Yemen K003338225 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1458] Tanzania K002827336 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5465] Zimbabwe K002861570 No
Giess; Volk; Bleissner [6395] Namibia K002862153 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [5050] Mozambique K002861558 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3653] Tanzania K002827337 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [64] Botswana K002861598 No
P. ole Sayalel (Chief Park Warden) [1262] Tanzania K002827323 Yes
Lamprey, H.F. [345] Tanzania K002827326 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2103] Zimbabwe K002861585 No
Chase, N.C. [5403] Zimbabwe K002861590 No
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [6970] Botswana K002861596 No
Ward, C.J. [2453] South Africa K002862176 Yes
Fisher; Schweickerdt [513] Zimbabwe K002861577 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13955] Tanzania K002827335 Yes
Theron, G.K. [2726] South Africa K002862166 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1251] Zimbabwe K002861584 No
Mablangu, Z. [0002] Zimbabwe K002861582 No
Jackson, G. [1829] Malawi K002861563 No
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W. [6805] Namibia K002862157 Yes
de Winter, B. [2908] Namibia K002862154 Yes
Dinter [7465] Namibia K002862161 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8879] Malawi K002861562 No
Burtt, B.D. [5652] Tanzania K002827324 Yes
de Winter, B. [2908] Namibia K002862160 Yes
de Winter, B. [4372] Namibia K002862156 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [68] Botswana K002861597 No
Rattray, J.M. [1291] Zimbabwe K002861569 No
Gossweiler [8357] Angola K002861599 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [652] South Africa K002862171 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [509] Namibia K002862151 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L. [346] South Africa K002862172 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2406] Zimbabwe K002861583 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1886] Botswana K002861591 No
Pawek, J. [11016] Malawi K002861565 No
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC1935] Tanzania K002827327 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6629] Zimbabwe K002861589 No
Bjornstad, A. [AB1279] Tanzania K002827321 Yes
Leippert [6205] Tanzania K002827328 Yes
Vorontsova, M.S.; Besnard, G.; Razanatsoa, J.; Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Onjalalaina, G.E. [1382] Madagascar K:SPC-77708.000 No
Trapnell, C.G. [954] Zambia K002861568 No
Crook, A.O. [839] Zimbabwe K002861587 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [1770] Zimbabwe K002861573 No
Smith, P.A. [431] Botswana K002861592 No
Kers, L.E. [608A] Namibia K002862150 Yes
Staples, R.R. [232] Tanzania K002827330 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [1521] Zimbabwe K002861575 No
Nicholson, B.D. [106] Tanzania K002827329 Yes
West, O. [3416] Zimbabwe K002861574 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002861557 No
Newton, F. [3] Ethiopia K000281902 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mahlangu, Z. [867] Zimbabwe K002861581 No
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2666] Zimbabwe K002861576 No
Schimper [1655] Ethiopia K000281901 Type Yes
Schimper [1655] Ethiopia K000281900 Type Yes
Davidse, G. [732639] Zimbabwe K002861579 No
Astle, W.L. [4534] Zambia K002861567 No
Semsei, S.R. [2160] Tanzania K002827325 Yes
de Winter, B. [9166] Namibia K002862155 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2329] Zimbabwe K002861586 No
Smith, P.A. [764] Botswana K002861595 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [16785] South Africa K002862168 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2116] Namibia K002862152 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1932] Yemen K003338226 Yes
Dunham, K.M. [310] Zimbabwe K002861580 No
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5887] South Africa K002862167 Yes
Goodier, J.H. [60] Zimbabwe K002861571 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kakuri [11196] Tanzania K002827334 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G.; Verdoorn, I.C. [578] South Africa K002862174 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5961] Zimbabwe K002861572 No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4450] Tanzania K002827322 Yes
de Hoogh, R.J. [141] Botswana Cymbosetaria sagittifolia K001590089 Yes

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