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Taxon: Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen

Genus: Setaria
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Paniceae.
Nomen number: 317164
Place of publication: Lejeunia sér. 2, 120:161. 1987
Comment: = S. geniculata auct.
Name verified on: 15-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Oct-2003
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • knotroot bristle grass   (Source: F GB Ire ) – English
  • knotroot foxtail   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • slender pigeon grass   (Source: F Victoria [as S. gracilis]) – English
  • yellow bristle grass   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
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Economic importance:

  • Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio [s.], Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [n.w.]
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada [s.]
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  • Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1–163. [= S. geniculata (Lam.) P. Beauv.].
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria. [= S. gracilis].
  • Gandhi, K. N. & M. E. Barkworth. 2003. Nomenclatural and taxonomic review of knotroot bristle grass (Setaria parviflora, Gramineae). Rhodora 105:197–204.
  • Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas.
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. [= S. geniculata (Lam.) P. Beauv.].
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia.
  • Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • Tovar, Ó. 1993. Las Gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:387. [= S. geniculata (Lam.) P. Beauv.].
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:379.
  • Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
  • Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
  • Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:582.
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Images:

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  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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