Native to 40 botanical countries across Africa and Temperate Asia; introduced into Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Canary Is., Egypt, Florida, Louisiana, Madeira, Myanmar, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 18, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga

-25.795278, 31.085278

Location Remarks

Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Setaria

Specific Epithet

megaphylla

Authorship

(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#255,019 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →