Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
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grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
Eleusine indica
''Eleusine indica'', the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees lat ...
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Eleusine coracana
''Eleusine coracana'', or finger millet, also known as ragi in India, kodo in Nepal, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating species p ...
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finger millet
''Eleusine coracana'', or finger millet, also known as ragi in India, kodo in Nepal, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating species p ...
, cultivated as a
cereal grain
A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food en ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
Eleusine africana
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine coracana
''Eleusine coracana'', or finger millet, also known as ragi in India, kodo in Nepal, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia. It is a tetraploid and self-pollinating species p ...
'' – tropical Africa; naturalized in parts of Asia (Arabia, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.), Western Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, etc.
* '' Eleusine floccifolia'' – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen
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Eleusine indica
''Eleusine indica'', the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees lat ...
Eleusine jaegeri
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine kigeziensis
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine multiflora
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine semisterilis
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine tristachya
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Acrachne
Aeluropus
''Aeluropus'' is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family, found primarily in desert regions.
; Species
* ''Aeluropus badghyzii'' Tzvelev - Turkmenistan
* '' Aeluropus laciniatus'' Khodash. - Iran
* '' Aeluropus lagopoides'' ( ...
Chloris
In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different char ...
Dactyloctenium
''Dactyloctenium'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.
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Dinebra
''Dinebra'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Dinebra haareri'' (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Kenya, Tanzania
* '' Dinebra marquisensis'' (F.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - M ...
Disakisperma
''Disakisperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.
; Species
* ''Disakisperma dubium'' (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Mexico, Honduras, South America (Bolivia, Brazil ...
Eragrostis
''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived fr ...
Harpochloa
''Harpochloa'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass.
SpeciesGibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of spe ...
Leptochloa
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), me ...
Ochthochloa
''Ochthochloa'' is a genus of desert plants in the grass family native to the Sahara and Arabian Deserts. The only known species is ''Ochthochloa compressa'', whose native range extends from Algeria to Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ...
Sclerodactylon
''Sclerodactylon'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.
;Species
The only known species is ''Sclerodactylon macrostachyum'', native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, ...
Uniola
''Uniola'' is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Uniola condensata'' Hitchc. - Ecuador
* ''Uniola paniculata'' L. – sea oats - coastal regions in southeastern United States (TX LA MS AL GA FL NC SC ...
Wangenheimia
''Wangenheimia '' is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Wangenheimia lima'',