Setaria

 ( Poaceae Genera ) 

Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 51 in Latin Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIII (13), figure III (3) line drawing of Setaria viridis 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,Aliscioni, S., et al. An overview of the genus Setaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) in the Old World: Systematic revision and phylogenetic approach. Abstract. Botany 2004. Salt Lake City. August 3, 2004. and members are commonly known as foxtail or bristle grasses. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 499, 531 狗尾草属 gou wei cao shu Setaria P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 51. 1812 Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Altervista Flora Italiana Atlas of Living Australia Sanbi Red List of South African Plants

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Description The grass is topped by a cylindrical long-haired head, which tend to droop when ripe. The seeds are less than in length.

(2025). 9781602396920, Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 9781602396920

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Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Formerly included

Numerous species were once considered members of Setaria but have since been reassigned to the genera Brachiaria, Dissochondrus, Echinochloa, Holcolemma, Ixophorus, Oplismenus, Panicum, Pennisetum, Pseudoraphis, Setariopsis, and Urochloa.

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Uses The grains can be eaten raw, though are hard and can be bitter; boiling can reduce both of these properties.

Several species have been domesticated and used as staple crops throughout history: foxtail millet ( S. italica), korali ( Setaria pumila) in India, and, before the full domestication of maize, Setaria macrostachya in Mexico.

(2025). 9783319451039 ISBN 9783319451039

Several species are still cultivated today as food or as animal fodder, such as foxtail millet and korali ( Setaria pumila), while others are considered Invasive species.

Jack Dekker (2004). 9781402017612, Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 9781402017612

S. italica and Setaria viridis are being developed as genetic model systems for the study of Monocotyledon and bioenergy grasses.

Other species that have been cultivated as crops include S. palmifolia (highland pitpit) of Papua New Guinea, where it is cultivated as a green vegetable; S. parviflora (knot-root foxtail), historically cultivated in Mesoamerica; and S. sphacelata (African bristle grass) of Sudan, a "lost millet" of Nubia.

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See also

• Hendrik de Wit, a botanist who studied Setaria

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External links

• Setaria. California Department of Food and Agriculture.

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