Summary
Place of publication:
Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3:13. 1966
Verified:
03/06/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
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Common names
English
browntop millet – Italian
panico ramoso – Japanese Rōmaji
ke-niku-kibi –
Distribution
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 | 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 | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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CHINA:
China [Yunnan, Hainan]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Malaysia
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Naturalized
Australasia
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico, United States
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Human food | cereal | | Kimata, M. et al. 2000. Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets, Brachiaria ramosa and Setaria glauca, Poaceae in South India. Econ. Bot. 54:217-227. |
Weed | | | Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401370.
Accessed 6 October 2024.