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Also known as Setaria plant

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OverviewAI-generated

Setaria is a genus of plants within the family Poaceae. It belongs to the order Poales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The genus was described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1812 and is currently accepted. Common names for the group include bristlegrass, Xereix, bér, and Borstenhirsen. The fruit type is a caryopsis.

The parent taxon is Paniceae. One species, Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv., is known as Italian millet. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of this genus in Mexico, with specimens held by institutions such as IBUNAM, CICY, ECOSUR, FC-UNAM, and FCF-UANL.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

bristle-grasses

Genus

  1. PhylumTracheophyta
  2. ClassMagnoliopsida
  3. OrderPoales
  4. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona

Use: Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv., Italian millet

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6,286
With media
2,848
Family
Poaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, CICY, ECOSUR, FC-UNAM, FCF-UANL, INECOL
Recorded in
Mexico

Research

1,998 papers

via PubMed

Gallery (6)