Genus Setaria P. Beauv.


Summary
Genus number:
11106
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Common name(s):

bristle grass, foxtail
Accession count:

2030 (1140  active, 1058  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons., Madrid ICN Art. 14.10 & App. III) over the earlier homonym (Madrid ICN Art. 53) Setaria Ach. ex Michx., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Doust, A. N. & E. A. Kellogg. 2002. Inflorescence diversification in the panicoid "bristle grass" clade (Paniceae, Poaceae): evidence from molecular phylogenies and developmental morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1203-1222.
  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: unresolved affinities and a non-monophyletic genus, although monophyly of a clade of perennial New World Setaria
  3. Morrone, O. et al. 2014. Revision of the Old World species of Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 96:1-16.
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=11106. Accessed 11 May 2026.