''Eleusine'' is a genus of

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

n, and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

n plants in the

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

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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 ...

'', is a widespread weed in many places. Another species, ''

Eleusine coracana Finger millet (''Eleusine coracana'') 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 probably evolved from its wild relative ''Ele ...

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finger millet Finger millet (''Eleusine coracana'') is an Annual plant, annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and Semi-arid climate, semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and Self-pollination, self-pollinating speci ...

, cultivated as a

cereal grain A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize (Corn). Edible grains from other plant families, suc ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Eleusine africana ''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine coracana Finger millet (''Eleusine coracana'') 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 probably evolved from its wild relative ''Ele ...

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

Eleusine floccifolia ''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family,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 ...

'' – 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.Cam ...

Aeluropus

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 ch ...

Coelachyrum ''Coelachyrum'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. Species Six species are accepted. * '' Coelachyrum brevifolium'' Hochst. & Nees - Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somal ...

Dactyloctenium ''Dactyloctenium'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses. ...

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 ''Disakisperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. ; Species * '' Disakisperma dubium'' (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Mexico, Honduras, South America (Bolivia, Brazi ...

Eragrostis ''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, 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 de ...

Harpochloa Leptochloa

Ochthochloa ''Chloris'' is a widespread genus of monophyletic grasses belonging to the family Poaceae, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass. The genus is found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in ...

Sclerodactylon Uniola Wangenheimia''

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

Grass Manual Treatment
Chloridoideae Poaceae genera {{Chloridoideae-stub