''Eleusine'' is a genus of

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

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grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

,Gaertner, Joseph. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: pages 7–8
descriptions and figure captions in LatinGaertner, Joseph. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: Plate I (1), figure XI (11 a-i)
line drawings of ''Eleusine coracana'' sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species ''(

Eleusine indica ''Eleusine indica'', the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees lati ...

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Eleusine coracana ''Eleusine coracana'', or finger millet, also known as ragi in India, kodo in Nepal, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating specie ...

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finger millet ''Eleusine coracana'', or finger millet, also known as ragi in India, kodo in Nepal, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating species ...

, cultivated as a

cereal grain A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food ...

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

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/ref>The Plant List search for ''Eleusine''
/ref> * '' Eleusine africana'' – Africa (from South Africa to Egypt + Senegal), Madagascar, Comoros, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman * ''

'' – tropical Africa; naturalized in parts of Asia (Arabia, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.), Western Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, etc. * '' Eleusine floccifolia'' – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen * ''

'' – Asia, Africa, Papuasia; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, Americas, various islands * '' Eleusine intermedia'' – Kenya, Ethiopia * '' Eleusine jaegeri'' – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda * '' Eleusine kigeziensis'' – Ethiopia, Uganda, Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi * '' Eleusine multiflora'' – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in South Africa, Mexico, Lesotho * '' Eleusine semisterilis'' – Kenya * '' Eleusine tristachya'' – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Islands ; formerly included numerous species once included in ''Eleusine'' but now considered better suited to other genera: ''

Acrachne ''Acrachne'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. Species in the genus are commonly known as goosegrass. ; Species * '' Acrachne henrardiana'' (Bor.) S.M. Phillips – Tamil Nadu * '' Acrachne perrieri'' (A.C ...

Aeluropus ''Aeluropus'' is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family, found primarily in desert regions. ; Species * ''Aeluropus badghyzii'' Tzvelev - Turkmenistan * ''Aeluropus laciniatus'' Khodash. - Iran * ''Aeluropus lagopoides'' (L.) ...

Chloris In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different char ...

Coelachyrum Dactyloctenium

Dinebra ''Dinebra'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Dinebra haareri'' (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Kenya, Tanzania * ''Dinebra marquisensis'' (F.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow ...

Disakisperma

Eragrostis ''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. ''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived fr ...

Harpochloa Leptochloa Ochthochloa

Sclerodactylon ''Sclerodactylon'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean. ;Species The only known species is ''Sclerodactylon macrostachyum'', native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagasc ...

Uniola Wangenheimia''

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

Grass Manual Treatment
Chloridoideae Poaceae genera {{Chloridoideae-stub