Eleusine coracana
Eleusine coracana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Eleusine
Species: Eleusine coracana

Name

Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cynosurus coracanus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 875 (1759).
  • Homotypic
    • Eleusine cerealis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 19 (1796), nom. superfl.
    • Eleusine sphaerosperma Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 149 (1812), nom. superfl.
    • Eleusine indica var. coracana (L.) Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 114 (1923).
    • Eleusine indica subsp. coracana (L.) Lye, Lidia 4: 150 (1999).
  • Heterotypic
    • Eleusine stricta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 344 (1820).
    • Cynodon coracanus Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825).
    • Eleusine rigida Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 36 (1827).
    • Eleusine ovalis Ehrenb. ex Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 571 (1830), nom. nud.
    • Eleusine tocussa Fresen., Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 141 (1837).
    • Eleusine coracana var. stricta (Roxb.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 251 (1841).
    • Eleusine luco Welw., Apont.: 591 (1858 publ. 1859), nom. nud.
    • Eleusine dagussa Schimp., Gartenflora 21: 205 (1872).
    • Eleusine coracana var. tocussa (Fresen.) Franch., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 377 (1895).
    • Eleusine tocussa var. erytroleuca Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
    • Eleusine tocussa var. erytromelana Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
    • Eleusine tocussa var. flavocarpa Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
    • Eleusine tocussa var. leucocarpa Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
    • Eleusine tocussa var. melanocarpa Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
    • Eleusine tocussa var. olivacea Chiov., Monogr. Rapp. Colon. 19: 55 (1912).
    • Eleusine indica var. stricta (Roxb.) Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 83 (1919).
    • Eleusine reniformis Divak., Madras Agric. J. 46: 486 (1959).
    • Eleusine pilosa Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 50 (1965).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Nigeria, Zaïre
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Ethiopia Rwanda, Sudan
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Socotra
    • Introduced into:
      • Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil West-Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fingerhirse
English: Finger Millet, Ragi
español: coracán, dagussa, mijo africano
suomi: Afrikansormihirssi
français: coracan, eleusine, mil rouge, raggee
हिन्दी: ragi
Gĩkũyũ: mwimbi
português: capim-colonial, luco, nachenim
svenska: ulezi
தமிழ்: கேழ்வரகு
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