''Spodiopogon cotulifer'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of perennial grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to East and Southeast Asia. It is the most likely wild progenitor of ''

Spodiopogon formosanus ''Spodiopogon formosanus'' or the Taiwan oil millet ( zh, t=臺灣油芒, p=táiwān yóumáng) (syn.: ''Eccoilopus formosanus'') is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It is traditionally grown as a cere ...

'', a cultivated millet that is endemic to Taiwan.Fuller, Dorian Q. (15 May 2009).
The Forgotten Oil Millet of Taiwan
'. In: ''The Archaeobotanist''.

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cotulifer Grasses of Asia Grasses of China Flora of Taiwan Plants described in 1889 {{panicoideae-stub