Taxon: Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp

Summary

Genus:

Setaria

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

403337

Place of publication:

Blumea 39:376. 1994

Verified:

10/16/2024 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

6 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Panicum flavidum Retz.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Paspalidium flavidum (Retz.) A. Camus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum distans Trin.
Panicum radiatius H. St. John
Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes
Paspalidium radiatum Vickery
Setaria distans (Trin.) Veldkamp

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384.
Webster, R. D. 1995. Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida 16:442.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: lists as "flavidium"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: lists as "flavidium"
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal			Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan			Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka			Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea		w.	Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria distans (Trin.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Solomon Islands			Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales	e.	George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory	n.	George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland	e.	Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia	n.e.	George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.

Native
Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea (w.), Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (e.), Queensland (e.), Western Australia (n.e.), Northern Territory (n.)]

Reference(s)

Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: lists as "flavidium"
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria distans (Trin.) Veldkamp
Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:376. Note: = Setaria flavida (Retz.) Veldkamp

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage	as Paspalidium flavum	Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: as Paspalidium flavidum

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=403337. Accessed 17 April 2026.