Taxon: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. aurea (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Clayton

Summary

Genus:

Setaria

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

103552

Place of publication:

Kew Bull. 33:505. 1979

Verified:

03/23/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

17 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. (101 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. anceps (Stapf) Veldkamp (4 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. sphacelata (8 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. splendida (Stapf) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. torta (Stapf) Clayton (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Setaria aurea Hochst. ex A. Braun

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chaetochloa aurea (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Hitchc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Setaria trinervia Stapf

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: as Setaria sphacelata Stapf & C.E. Hubb. ex Moss
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Welcome, A. K. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 2019. An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 122:136-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.11.003. Note: as Setaria aurea

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda		Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen		Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape]

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

Reference(s)

Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:117-118.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	cereal	as famine food	Welcome, A. K. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 2019. An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 122:136-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.11.003.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=103552. Accessed 12 May 2026.