ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Setaria italica

Name author: (L.) P.Beauv.

A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Setaria
Species: Setaria italica
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1812

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Setaria italica. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Panicum setosumName author: Trin.
Panicum sibiricumName author: Roem. & Schult.
Panicum verticillatum var. majusName author: Thunb.
Panicum viride subsp. italicumName author: (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
Panicum viride var. italicumName author: (L.) Backer
Panicum vulgareName author: Wallr.
Paspalum germanicumName author: (Mill.) Baumg.
Penicillaria italicaName author: (L.) Oken
Pennisetum erythrospermumName author: (Vahl ex Hornem.) Jacq.
Pennisetum germanicumName author: (Mill.) Baumg.
Pennisetum italicumName author: (L.) R.Br.
Pennisetum macrochaetumName author: J.Jacq.
Setaria asiaticaName author: Rchb.
Setaria brachystachyaName author: Borbás
Setaria californicaName author: Kellogg
Setaria compactaName author: Schur
Setaria erythrospermaName author: (Vahl ex Hornem.) Spreng.
Setaria erythrospermaName author: Hornem. ex Rchb.
Setaria flavidaName author: Hornem. ex Rchb.
Setaria germanicaName author: (Mill.) P.Beauv.
Setaria globulareName author: J.Presl
Setaria globularisName author: J.Presl
Setaria helvolaName author: (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
Setaria italica subsp. colchicaName author: Maisaya & Gorgidze
Setaria italica subsp. germanicaName author: K.Richt.
Setaria italica subsp. germanicaName author: (Mill.) Douin
Setaria italica subsp. maximaName author: Dekapr. & Kaspar.
Setaria italica subsp. mohariaName author: (Alef.) H.Scholz
Setaria italica subsp. nigrofructaName author: F.T.Hubb.
Setaria italica subsp. rubrofructaName author: F.T.Hubb.
Setaria italica subsp. stramineofructaName author: F.T.Hubb.
Setaria italica subvar. densiorName author: F.T.Hubb.
Setaria italica subvar. germanicaName author: (Mill.) F.T.Hubb.
Setaria italica var. barbataName author: Gammie
Setaria italica var. colchicaName author: Dekapr. & Kaspar.
Setaria italica var. compactaName author: Beck
Setaria italica var. germanicaName author: (Mill.) Schrad.
Setaria italica var. italicaName author: Not supplied
Setaria italica var. longisetaName author: (Döll) B.Fedtsch.
Setaria italica var. mitisName author: (Alef.) Hyl.
Setaria italica var. mohariaName author: (Alef.) A.Zimm.
Setaria italica var. nigrofructaName author: (Körn. & H.Werner) L.H.Bailey
Setaria italica var. nudaName author: N.H.F.Desp.
Setaria italica var. purpureaName author: Gammie
Setaria italica var. rubrofructaName author: (F.T.Hubb.) L.H.Bailey
Setaria italica var. stramineofructaName author: L.H.Bailey
Setaria itieriName author: Delile
Setaria japonicaName author: Pynaert
Setaria macrochaetaName author: (J.Jacq.) Schult.
Setaria maritimaName author: (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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