Setaria Palisot de Beauvois. Subfamily: Panicoideae. Tribe: Paniceae. Subtribe: Cenchrinae. supertribe: Panicodae. clade: "PACMAD". Foxtail Grass.
A genus of about 110-140 species, of tropical and warm temperate regions. Webster (1995) merged Paspalidium into Setaria, but it now appears that Paspalidium should be held as separate.
Ref: Allen (2003a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a); Crins (1991); Rominger (2003) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a); Webster (1988); Webster (1993b); Webster (1995). Show full citations.
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