Genus Eleusine Gaertn.


Summary
Genus number:
4171
Last updated:
6 February 2017
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Accession count:

1601 (1455  active, 1441  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


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References:
  1. Agrawal, R. et al. 2014. Chloroplast genes as genetic markers for inferring patterns of change, maternal ancestry and phylogenetic relationships among Eleusine species. AoB Pl. 6:plt056. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plt056.
  2. Bisht, M. S. & Y. Mukai. 2002. Genome organization and polyploid evolution in the genus Eleusine (Poaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 233:243-258. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0201-5.
  3. Neves, S. S. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT-trnF sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 35:395-419. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.005.
  4. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2022. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of Afrotrichloris, Apochiton, Coelachyrum, Dinebra, Eleusine, Leptochloa, Schoenefeldia, and a new genus, Schoenefeldiella (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Eleusininae). J. Syst. Evol. 60:630-639. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12803.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, finger millet genepool
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/taxonomygenus?id=4171. Accessed 11 May 2026.