Setaria
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| Setaria parviflora in Hawai'i | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Genus: |
Setaria P.Beauv. 1812, conserved name not Ach. ex Michx. 1803 (a lichen) |
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Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv. |
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Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
The name is derived from the Latin word seta, meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.
The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tropical and temperate regions around the world, and members are commonly known as foxtail or bristle grasses.
Several species are cultivated for food or as animal fodder, such as foxtail millet (S. italica) and korali (S. pumila), while others are invasive weeds.Setaria viridis is currently being developed as a genetic model system for bioenergy grasses.
numerous species once considered members of Setaria but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Brachiaria Dissochondrus Echinochloa Holcolemma Ixophorus Oplismenus Panicum Paspalidium Pennisetum Pseudoraphis Setariopsis Urochloa
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