Taxon:  Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. anceps (Stapf) Veldkamp



Summary
Genus:
Setaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
417939
Place of publication:
Blumea 39:382.  1994
Verified:
01/31/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. aurea (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. sphacelata (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. splendida (Stapf) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. torta (Stapf) Clayton (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Setaria anceps Stapf var. sericea Stapf

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Setaria anceps Stapf
Setaria anceps Stapf var. anceps

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Setaria almaspicata de Wit
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. var. sericea (Stapf) Clayton

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Reference(s)
  1. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  2. Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio Grande do Sul 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSanta Catarina 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChaco 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMisiones 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSalta 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguayAmambay 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguayCanindeyú 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguayItapúa 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguayFlorida 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguaySoriano 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Salta], Paraguay [Amambay, Itapúa, Canindeyú], Uruguay [Florida, Soriano]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforageas Setaria sphacelata var. sericea't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:202.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Setaria ancepsLampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417939. Accessed 12 May 2025.