Taxon: Setaria macrostachya Kunth

Summary

Genus:

Setaria

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

33825

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 1:91[folio]; 1:110[quarto]. 1816

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58695495

Comment:

non Setaria macrostachya auct. nonn. (= S. leucopila (Scribn. & Merr.) K. Schum.)

Verified:

03/03/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

14 (10 active, 8 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chaetochloa macrostachya (Kunth) Scribn. & Merr.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
Brenner, D. M. et al. 2019. Chapter 2. North American wild relatives of grain crops. In: Green, S. L. et al., North American crop wild relatives. Volume 2. Important species. 2:41-82. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97121-6_2. Note: cited Setaria macrostachya as an understudied species, and a probable member of the tertiary gene pool of foxtail millet
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Delfini, C. et al. 2023. An update of the Cenchrinae (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and a new genus for the Subtribe to clarify the dubious position of a species of Panicum L. Plants. OAJ. 12:749. DOI: 10.3390/plants12040749. Note: included two Argentinian samples of Setaria macrostachya that were resolved non-monophyletic, but both within a large clade of American species but distant to the foxtail millet clade
Emery, W. H. P. 1957. A cyto-taxonomic study of Setaria macrostachya (Gramineae) and its relatives in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 84:95-121.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Kellogg, E. A. et al. 2009. A phylogeny of Setaria (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and related genera based on the chloroplast gene ndhF. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 170:117-131. DOI: 10.1086/593043. Note: this study included perennial Setaria macrostachya as a species of unknown genome and recorded with triploid and hexaploid chromosome numbers; S. macrostachya clustered in a South American clade that was recovered in all analyses; affinities were with S. alonsoi, S. leucopila and S. pampeana
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: mentions
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Renvoize, S. A. 1984. The grasses of Bahia Note: = Setaria vulpiseta (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
Sánchez-Ken, J. G. 2018. Riqueza de especies y listado de las gramíneas (Poaceae) de México . Acta Bot. Mex. 126:e1379. DOI: 10.21829/abm126.2019.1379.
Toolin, L. & J. R. Reeder. 2000. The status of Setaria macrostachya and its relationship to S. vulpiseta (Gramineae). Syst. Bot. 25:26-32. DOI: 10.2307/2666670. Note: Setaria macrostachya Kunth accepted as a distinct species from S. vulpiseta
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	plains bristle grass			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California (Norte)		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceará		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espírito Santo		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraíba		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Norte		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Catamarca		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Córdoba		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	La Rioja		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	San Juan		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	San Luis		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Fe		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santiago del Estero		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Tucumán		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Alto Paraguay		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Central		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Guairá		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Presidente Hayes		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Boyacá		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Caldas		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Huila		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Magdalena		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Santander		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Tolima		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Valle del Cauca		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023

Native
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.), Nevada (s.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Nicaragua
BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Boyacá, Caldas, Huila, Magdalena, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán], Paraguay [Alto Paraguay, Central, Guairá, Presidente Hayes]

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Note: accessed August 2023
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: accessed August 2023
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: accessed August 2023
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2

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=33825. Accessed 12 May 2026.