Taxon:  Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. sphacelata



Summary
Genus:
Setaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
401419
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (8  active, 4  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. aurea (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Clayton (0 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
Panicum sphacelatum Schumach.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Setaria flabellata Stapf
Setaria neglecta de Wit
Setaria perennis Hack.
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. stolonifera de Wit

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  3. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  4. Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  7. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: mentions
  8. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
6Other    probably native elsewhere in tropical Africa 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Other (probably native elsewhere in tropical Africa)

Reference(s)
  1. Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:118-120.
  2. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  3. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:587.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
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=401419. Accessed 9 May 2026.