Eleusine

Eleusine

Taxobox
name = "Eleusine"


image_width = 260px
image_caption = "Eleusine indica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Chloridoideae
genus = "Eleusine"
genus_authority = Gaertn.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 9 - see text

"Eleusine" is a genus of grasses sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. There are about nine species, eight of which are native to Africa, with the ninth, "E. tristachya", native to South America. Particularly well known is "Eleusine indica", a widespread weed. "Eleusine coracana", finger millet, is cultivated for its grain in India and parts of Africa.

Species include:
*"Eleusine africana"
*"Eleusine flagellifera"
*"Eleusine jaegeri"
*"Eleusine tristachya"

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8961 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELEUS USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Eleusine&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Eleusine.html Multilingual "Eleusine" common names]


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