- Echinochloa
Taxobox
name = "Echinochloa"
image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Echinochloa crus-galli "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
ordo =Liliopsida
classis =Poales
familia =Poaceae
subfamilia =Panicoideae
genus = "Echinochloa"
genus_authority = P.Beauv.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Echinochloa" is a
genus , some of whose members are grown ascereal orfodder crops, grouped with themillet s, and known by common names including barnyard millet and billion-dollar grass.Domesticated species are:
* "
Echinochloa esculenta " (Japanese millet )
* "Echinochloa frumentacea " (White millet )
* "Echinochloa stagnina "Wild species include:
* "
Echinochloa caudata "
* "Echinochloa colona " (Shama millet )
* "Echinochloa crus-galli " (Barnyard grass/Cockspur)
* "Echinochloa oryzoides " (Early water grass)External links
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Echinochloa+crus-galli&CAN=COMIND Plants for a Future database on "E. crus-galli"]
* [http://newton.nap.edu/books/0309049903/html/266.html Lost Crops of Africa: Volume 1: Grains, Chapter 14: Wild Grains]
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/millet.html Alternative Field Crops Manual: Millets]References
Pheng, S., B. Khiev, C. Pol and G. C. Jahn 2001. Response of two rice cultivars to the competition of "Echinochloa crus-gali" (L.) P. Beauv. International Rice Research Institute Notes (IRRN) 26 (2): 36-37.
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