SETARIA ITALICA AND ITS IMMEDIATE ALLIES 
Setaria geniculata (Lam.) R. &. S. Syst. Veg. 2: 491 (181 7) : Kunth, 
Enum. PL i : 150 (1833) [probably equals S. glauca: cf. P. geniculatum 
Lam.]. 
Pennisetum geniculatum (Lam.) Jacq. Eclog. Gram. 3: 37, t. 26 
(1815-20) [the plate is an excellent picture of S. glauca]. 
Panicum tejucense Nees, ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 162 (1826) in syn. 
sub P. glaucum: Nees, Agrost. Bras. 243 (1829) [equals 5. imberbis 
cf. Doell, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2^: 157 (1877)]. 
P. dasyurum Willd. ex Nees, Agrost. Bras. 241 (1829) [probably 
equals S. imberbis]. 
Setaria tejucensis (Nees) Kunth, Enum. PL i: 150 (1833) [equals 
S. imberbis: based on Panicum tejucense Nees]. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. [sensu amplissimo] Agrost. 51, 170, 
178 (1812): R. & S. Syst. Veg. 2: 493 (1817): Spreng. Syst. Veg. i: 
305 (1825): Link, Hort. Berol. i: 220 (1827): Schultes, Mant. 3, add. 
I ad CI. Ill : 598 (1827) : Kunth, Rev. Gram, i : 46 (1829) : Reichb. Fl. 
Germ. Excurs. 29 (1830): Kunth, Enum. PL i: 153 (1833): Wood, 
Class-book Bot. 439 (1845); ed. i860, 788 (1861): Gray, Man. 615 
(1848); Hitchc. in ed. 7, 119 (1908): Pari. FL Ital. i: 113 (1848): 
Duthie & Fuller, Field & Gard. Crops N. W. Prov. & Oudh 2: 5, t. 25 
(1883) [yellow fruit]: Richter, PL Eur. i : 28 (1890): Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. 7: 78 (1896) [excl. syn. in part]: Hitchc. in Bail. Cycl. Am. Hort. 
4: 1662 (1902). Prelinnaean References: Dodon. Stirp. Hist. 
Pempt. 4, Lib. i, p. 498, fig. (1583) Panici indici spica: Lobel. Ic. 
Stirp. PL 42, fig. (1591) Panicum aliud Indicum. Panicula vilosa: 
Clusius, Rar. PL Hist. Lib. 6, p. CCXV (1601) Panicum vulgare: 
Parkins. Theatr. Bot. p. 1139 fig. & p. 1140 text (1640) Panicum 
Indicum pannicula villosa: C. Bauhin, Theatr. Bot. 518, fig. (1658) 
Panicum Germanicum sive panicula minore [mentions variation in 
color of fruit]: C. Bauhin, Theatr. Bot. 519, fig. (1658) Panicum 
Italicum sive panicula maiore [mentions variation in color of panicle 
and fruit]: C. Bauhin, Pinax 27 (1671) Panicum Germanicum sive 
panicula minore [mentions color variation in panicle and fruit]: 
C. Bauhin, Pinax 27 (1681) Panicum Italicum sive panicula majore: 
Morison, Hist. 3 Sect. 8, p. 188, t. 3, Panicum i (1715) Panicum 
Germanicum sive panicula minore [mentions color variation in fruit] : 
Morison, Hist. 3, Sect. 8, p. 188, t. 3, Panicum 2 (1715) Panicum 
Italicum sive panicula majore [mentions color variation in friut]: L. 
Hort. Cliff. 26 (1737) Panicum sativum: Royen, Prodr. Hort. Lugd.- 
