ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Setaria viridis

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 viridis
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 viridis. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Setaria viridis var. brevisetaName author: (Döll) Hitchc.
Setaria viridis var. colorataName author: Martrin-Donos
Setaria viridis var. crypsoidesName author: Touss. & Hoschedé
Setaria viridis var. declinataName author: F.Gérard
Setaria viridis var. depressaName author: (Honda) Kitag.
Setaria viridis var. giganteaName author: (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.
Setaria viridis var. japonicaName author: (Koidz.) Honda
Setaria viridis var. laevigataName author: Schur
Setaria viridis var. maiorName author: (Gaudin) Peterm.
Setaria viridis var. majorName author: Gray
Setaria viridis var. maritimaName author: Hara
Setaria viridis var. minorName author: W.D.J.Koch
Setaria viridis var. nodifloraName author: Sacc.
Setaria viridis var. pachystachysName author: (Franch. & Sav.) Masamura & Yanagih.
Setaria viridis var. pachystachysName author: (Franch. & Sav.) Makino & Nemoto
Setaria viridis var. pilosaName author: Hara
Setaria viridis var. prostrataName author: Albert
Setaria viridis var. purpurascensName author: Maxim.
Setaria viridis var. purpurascensName author: Peterm.
Setaria viridis var. ramosaName author: Goiran
Setaria viridis var. reclinataName author: (Vill) Bréb.
Setaria viridis var. rectaName author: F.Gérard
Setaria viridis var. robusta-albaName author: M.M.Schreib.
Setaria viridis var. robusta-purpureaName author: M.M.Schreib.
Setaria viridis var. robusto-albaName author: M.Schreib.
Setaria viridis var. robusto-purpureaName author: M.Schreib.
Setaria viridis var. secundaName author: Beck
Setaria viridis var. sinicaName author: Ohwi
Setaria viridis var. stenostachyaName author: Merino
Setaria viridis var. viridisName author: Not supplied
Setaria viridis var. viviparaName author: (Bertol.) Parl.
Setaria viridis var. weinmanniiName author: (Roem. & Schult.) Borbás
Setaria viridis var. weinmanniiName author: (Roem. & Schult.) Heynh.
Setaria weinmanniiName author: Roem. & Schult.
Setariopsis viridisName author: (L.) Samp.

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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