Eleusine
| finger millet goosegrass |
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| Eleusine indica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: |
Eleusine Gaertn. |
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Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. |
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Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family, sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species (E. indica), is a widespread weed in many places. Another species E. coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.
numerous species once included in Eleusine but now considered better suited to other genera: Acrachne Aeluropus Chloris Coelachyrum Dactyloctenium Dinebra Disakisperma Eragrostis Harpochloa Ochthochloa Sclerodactylon Uniola Wangenheimia
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