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Taxon:
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Eleusine
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
14992
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 1:8. 1788
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37173992
Verified:
11/29/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
africana
(Kenn.-O’Byrne) Hilu & de Wet
(0 active accession[s])
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn. subsp.
coracana
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Bisht, M. S. & Y. Mukai.
2001. Genomic
in situ
hybridization identifies genome donor of finger millet (
Eleusine coracana
). Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:825-832.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Chennaveeraiah, M. S. & S. C. Hiremath.
1974. Genome analysis of
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn.. Euphytica 23:489-495.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
de Wet, J. M. J. et al.
1984. Systematics and evolution of
Eleusine coracana
(Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 71:550-557.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home
Ghazanfar, S. A.
1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Hilu, K. W. & J. M. J. de Wet.
1976. Domestication of
Eleusine coracana
. Econ. Bot. 30:199-208.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Hilu, K. W. et al.
1979. Archaeobotanical studies of
Eleusine coracana
ssp.
coracana
(Finger millet). Amer. J. Bot. 66:330-333.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Koyama, T.
1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Lazarides, M.
1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Neves, S. S. et al.
2005. Phylogeny of
Eleusine
(Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid
trnT-trnF
sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 35:395-419.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Sood, S. et al.
2016. Gene discovery and advances in finger millet [
Eleusine coracana
(L.) Gaertn.] genomics - An important nutr-cereal of future. Front. Plant Sci. 7:1634.
URL:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Plant_Science
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
mentions
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zon, A. P. M. van der.
1992. Graminées du Cameroun
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
finger millet –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Lesotho
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
2
Cultivated
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
w.
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Nigeria
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Lesotho
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
,
Yemen
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Libya
,
Tunisia
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Georgia
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
(w.),
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
,
Myanmar
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa, Sumatera],
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Western Australia]
Economic Uses
Name
References
Economic Uses