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*Eleusine africana Kennedy-O'Byrne. Common name: Finger Millet. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Africa.

Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa

Taxonomy Comments: There remains some doubt about the identity of the population discovered; reported by Werth, Zeng, & Baird (1997). Peterson, Romaschenko, & Herrera Arrieta (2015) support recognition of this taxon at species rank, as it is not sister to E. coracana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Peterson, Romaschenko, & Herrera Arrieta (2015); = Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. ssp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) Hilu & de Wet — FNA25, K4; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne 1957

Links to other floras: = Eleusine coracana ssp. africana - FNA25

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