G.503. Setaria P. Beauv. - Bristle grasses

CYMBOSETARIA Schweick.

Clayton, W.D. (1989) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3)

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Leaves flat or folded, sometimes plicate. Ligule usually a ciliate rim. Inflorescence usually a panicle, either open or dense and spike-like; the spikelets subtended by 1 or more bristles which persist on the axis after the spikelets fall. Spikelets oblong to ovate, ± plano-convex, awnless; glumes unequal, the lower generally much smaller, ovate from a clasping base; lower floret male or barren, as long as the spikelet, herbaceous; upper lemma crustaceous, strongly convex on the back, often rugose.

Derivation of name: from the Latin, seta, a bristle, referring to the persistent bristles subtending the spikelets

Worldwide: c.150 species in tropical and warm zones

Zambia: 13 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Gnophodes betsimena (Yellow-banded evening brown)
Setaria sphacelata

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
homonyma (Steud.) Chiov.[LR-lc]B,N,W,C,SNw,Cb,N,Lk,S,WDescription, Image
incrassata (Hochst.) Hack.N,C,E,SN,C,LkDescription, Image
lindenbergiana (Nees) Stapf[LR-lc]N,WNw,Cb,NDescription, Image
longiseta P. Beauv.N,W,C,E,SCb,LkDescription
megaphylla (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz[LR-lc]N,W,C,SNw,N,C,Lk,SDescription, Image
orthosticha K. Schum. ex R.A.W. Herrm.N,W,C,SC,LkDescription
petiolata Stapf & C.E. Hubb.N,EN,LkDescription
pseudaristata (Peter) Pilg.[LR-nt]B,SSDescription
pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.B,N,W,C,E,SNw,C,LkDescription, Image
sagittifolia (A. Rich.) Walp.C,SSDescription, Image
seriata Stapf N
sphacelata (Schumach.) MossB,N,W,C,E,SNw,C,Lk,WDescription, Image
verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.B,N,C,E,SN,LkDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Setaria:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Setaria
Flora of Caprivi: Setaria
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Setaria
Flora of Malawi: Setaria
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Setaria
Flora of Mozambique: Setaria
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Setaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Setaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Setaria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Setaria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Setaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Setaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Setaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Setaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Setaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Setaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Setaria
Plants of the World Online: Setaria
Tropicos: Setaria
Wikipedia: Setaria

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Setaria.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=202, retrieved 19 March 2024

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