Plant Details

Accepted name:: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Moss [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buffalo grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
buffelsgras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common bristle grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common bristlegrass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
creeping bristle grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cununo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dogstail	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewone mannagras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewone setaria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golden bristle grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golden millet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golden timothy	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golden timothy (grass)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golden timothy grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golden tumbling grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goue mannagras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikununu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanariegras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katstertmannagras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kruipmannagras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
landsgrass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
likonge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makonge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
old land grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ou land gras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quisumbe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rhodesian timothy (grass)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
south african golden millet grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
twisted timothy	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
twisted-leaf bristle grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umfushlo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umpuhlo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zimbabwe timothy grass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 55 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Setaria planifolia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 794 (1930).
Chaetochloa aurea (Hochst. ex A.Braun) Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 128 (1916).
Chaetochloa glauca var. aurea (Hochst. ex A.Braun) W.F.Wright Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 223 (1905).
Panicum aureum (Hochst. ex A.Braun) Nees Linnaea 16: 218 (1842), nom. illeg.
Panicum chrysanthum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 254 (1841).
Panicum rudimentosum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 51 (1853).
Panicum sphacelatum Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 78 (1827).
Pennisetum aureum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 378 (1850), nom. illeg.
Pennisetum rudimentosum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 51 (1853).
Setaria almaspicata de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 47 (1941).
Setaria alpestris Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 66 (1930).
Setaria anceps Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 793 (1930).
Setaria anceps var. sericea Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 794 (1930).
Setaria angustifolia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 803 (1930).
Setaria aurea Hochst. ex A.Braun Flora 24: 276 (1841).
Setaria aurea var. breviseta Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 24, 96 (1894), nom. nud.
Setaria aurea var. fumigata Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 65 (1930).
Setaria aurea subsp. kisunduensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 683 (1925).
Setaria aurea var. latifolia Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 65 (1930).
Setaria aurea var. longiseta Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 310 (1908 publ. 1907).
Setaria aurea f. minor Pilg. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 270 (1928).
Setaria aurea var. pallida Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 427 (1899).
Setaria aurea subsp. palustris Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 683 (1925).
Setaria bussei R.A.W.Herrm. Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 10: 46 (1910).
Setaria cana de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 30 (1941).
Setaria chrysantha (Steud.) Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 661 (1846), nom. superfl.
Setaria chrysochaeta T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 772 (1894), nom. superfl.
Setaria decipiens de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 28 (1941), nom. illeg.
Setaria flabellata Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 425 (1899).
Setaria flabellata subsp. natalensis de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 38 (1941).
Setaria flabelliformis de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 40 (1941).
Setaria glauca var. aurea (Hochst. ex A.Braun) K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 180 (1900).
Setaria homblei De Wild. Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 12 (1920).
Setaria isalensis A.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 105: 247 (1958).
Setaria laxispica Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 802 (1930).
Setaria myosuroides Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 65 (1930).
Setaria neglecta de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 49 (1941).
Setaria perennis Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 379 (1895), nom. illeg.
Setaria rudimentosa (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 774 (1894).
Setaria scalaris Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 67 (1930).
Setaria sphacelata var. anceps (Stapf) Veldkamp Blumea 39: 382 (1994).
Setaria sphacelata subsp. aquamontana de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 52 (1941), no Latin descr.
Setaria sphacelata var. aurea (Hochst. ex A.Braun) Clayton Kew Bull. 33: 505 (1979).
Setaria sphacelata subsp. nodosa de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 52 (1941), no Latin descr.
Setaria sphacelata subsp. pyropea de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 52 (1941), no Latin descr.
Setaria sphacelata var. sericea (Stapf) Clayton Kew Bull. 33: 506 (1979).
Setaria sphacelata var. splendida (Stapf) Clayton Kew Bull. 33: 506 (1979).
Setaria sphacelata var. stolonifera de Wit Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 53 (1941), no Latin descr.
Setaria sphacelata var. torta (Stapf) Clayton Kew Bull. 33: 506 (1979).
Setaria splendida Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 799 (1930).
Setaria stenantha Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 804 (1930).
Setaria stolzii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 805 (1930).
Setaria tenuispica Stapf & C.E.Hubb. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 805 (1930).
Setaria torta Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 801 (1930).
Setaria trinervia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 791 (1930).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Setaria planifolia Stapf	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Setaria sphacelata	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Moss	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Ex Moss	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Moss	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.)M.B.Moss	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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