- Setaria cernua
Taxobox
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Cyperales
familia =Poaceae
genus = "Setaria "
species = "S. cernua"
binomial = "Setaria cernua"
binomial_authority = Kunth
synonyms ="Setaria cernua" is a species of
grass in thePoaceae family.It is endemic toEcuador .It is a grass endemic to Andean Ecuador, where it is common and frequent in dry areas of Imbabura, Carchi and Chimborazo provinces. At least 11 subpopulations have been recorded, some of them protected by the Parque Nacionale Llanganates, the Parque Nacional Sangay and the Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca. Apart from habitat destruction, no specific threats are known.
ource
* Laegaard, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/45973/all Setaria cernua] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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