Setaria
P.Beauv. · genusAt a glance
Occurrence records8 218
Data sources7
Biological traits12
DNA specimens31
eDNA detections23
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Setaria's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 218 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI23 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics31 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗On this page6 sections
Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF8 218 records
Environmental DNA2 datasets · 6 countries23 detections
DNA & barcodingBOLD31 specimens
01Narrative
Paspalidium (watercrown grass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.Stapf, Otto. 1920. In Prain, David, Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 582-583Tropicos, Paspalidium StapfAusgrass2, Grasses of Australia Paspalidium includes about 40 species native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 537 类雀稗属 lei que bai shu Paspalidium Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 582. 1920.Flora of PakistanAtlas of Living Australia, Paspalidium Stapf, Watercrown GrassAllen, C. M. Paspalidium. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Paspalidium. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. They are annuals and perennials. Many species were formerly included in genus Setaria, and some authorities continue to list them there. SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Paspalidium formerly included see Holcolemma Setaria Whiteochloa Paspalidium inaequale - Holcolemma dispar Paspalidium punctatum var. longiglume - Setaria media Paspalidium semitonsum - Whiteochloa semitonsa
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
02Traits & measurements
SourcesAusTraitsGIFTTRY
Life cycle & reproduction3
Dispersal typewind
Life spanperennial
Pollination syndromewind
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment8
Aquaticterrestrial
Climberself-supporting
Epiphyteterrestrial
Fruit fleshinessdry
Fruit typecaryopsis
Growth formherb
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: tussock · TRY: Graminoid
Leaf compoundnesssimple
Woodinessnon-woody
03Chemical composition1 compounds
Compounds documented for Setaria across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Flavones1
Documented compounds1 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tricin 7-glucoside | present | LOTUS |
05DNA & barcoding31 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Setaria has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens31
Marker genes11
eDNA detections23
Countries6
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 218 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 465
Museum / vouchered4 240
Cultivated / captive2
Other511
Origin
Native55
Introduced47
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO22 792 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 171≤1 km 368≤10 km 1 541>10 km 13
3 093 georeferenced · 372 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 465
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 278≤1 km 109≤10 km 278>10 km 103
768 georeferenced · 3 472 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 240
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions164 of 339 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Pretoria, ZA | 321 |
| Saint Louis, US | 275 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 236 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 176 |
| Blumenau, BR | 146 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 140 |
| Kew, GB | 122 |
| Durango, MX | 85 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 81 |
| Beijing, CN | 79 |
| Mexico City, MX | 70 |
| KMCClocation not on record | 63 |
| MAlocation not on record | 58 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 54 |
| Castelar, AR | 53 |
| BClocation not on record | 52 |
| Córdoba, AR | 47 |
| San Isidro, AR | 46 |
| Bronx, US | 43 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 43 |
| Paris, FR | 41 |
| Pelotas, BR | 38 |
| Brasília, BR | 35 |
| Mérida, MX | 34 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 33 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 32 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 31 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 31 |
| Salvador, BR | 31 |
| Brisbane, AU | 30 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 29 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 29 |
| Corrientes, AR | 26 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 25 |
| Xiamen, CN | 24 |
| Plocation not on record | 23 |
| Fort Worth, US | 23 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 21 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 20 |
| Berlin, DE | 20 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 20 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 20 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 20 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 19 |
| PRClocation not on record | 19 |
| Washington, US | 18 |
| Columbia, US | 18 |
| Canberra, AU | 18 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 18 |
| Glocation not on record | 18 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 17 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 17 |
| Shanghai, CN | 17 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 16 |
| Chengdu, CN | 16 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 15 |
| Taipei, TW | 14 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 14 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 14 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 13 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 13 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 13 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 12 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 12 |
| Philadelphia, US | 12 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 12 |
| Wlocation not on record | 12 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 12 |
| Brasília, BR | 12 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 11 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 11 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 11 |
| CASlocation not on record | 11 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 11 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 11 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 11 |
| Austin, US | 11 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 11 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 10 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 10 |
| Olocation not on record | 10 |
| Tampa, US | 10 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 10 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 10 |
| Riverside, US | 9 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 9 |
| Arusha, TZ | 9 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 9 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tartu, EE | 8 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 8 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 8 |
| Sanda, JP | 8 |
| Taipei, TW | 8 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 8 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 7 |
| La Paz, BO | 7 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 7 |
| Nagano City, JP | 7 |
| Auckland, NZ | 7 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 7 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 6 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 6 |
| Sucre, BO | 6 |
| Allentown, US | 6 |
| Loja, EC | 6 |
| Claremont, US | 6 |
| Masindi, UG | 6 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Linares, MX | 6 |
| Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, Gorongosa NPlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 6 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 5 |
| Taipei, TW | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 5 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 5 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 5 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 5 |
| València, ES | 5 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 5 |
| Lake Charles, US | 5 |
| Bloomington, US | 5 |
| LDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 5 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 5 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 4 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bergen, NO | 4 |
| Tapachula, MX | 4 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 4 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| Emporia, US | 4 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 4 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 4 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 4 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 4 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 4 |
| Criciúma, BR | 4 |
| Elocation not on record | 4 |
| Pittsburg, US | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 4 |
| Seoul, KR | 4 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 4 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 4 |
| León, NI | 4 |
| MCNAMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 4 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 3 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Barcelona, ES | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Xian, CN | 3 |
| Victoria, CA | 3 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kensington, AU | 3 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| Denton, US | 3 |
| Chengdu, CN | 3 |
| Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record | 3 |
| BMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 3 |
| LSFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Zlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 3 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 3 |
| Universidad de Buenos Aireslocation not on record | 3 |
| EAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Riobamba, EC | 3 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Jackson, US | 3 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 3 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 3 |
| Sevilla, ES | 3 |
| Wuhan, CN | 3 |
| Cascavel, BR | 3 |
| Staten Island, US | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 3 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 3 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 3 |
| Helsinki, FI | 3 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 2 |
| Salta, AR | 2 |
| Southern Highlands Conservation Programmelocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 2 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| Austin, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Harold Winfred Manter Laboratory of Parasitologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Guilin, CN | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| College Park, US | 2 |
| Aarhus, DK | 2 |
| Durban, ZA | 2 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 2 |
| San José, CR | 2 |
| Smithfield, AU | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record | 2 |
| Cibinong Science Center, Herbarium Bogorienselocation not on record | 2 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Williamsburg, US | 2 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 2 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Quito, EC | 2 |
| Xining, CN | 2 |
| TFDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Nouvelle Calédonielocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Baroda, IN | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record | 1 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 1 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record | 1 |
| Berea Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| XALlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stadt Seeland, Ortsteil Gatersleben, DE | 1 |
| Chiba, JP | 1 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 1 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 1 |
| Fayetteville, US | 1 |
| Norfolk, US | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| Tallinn, EE | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stroud Water Research Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guasave, MX | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Llocation not on record | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 1 |
| York University, Packer Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 1 |
| Turku, FI | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 1 |
| REALlocation not on record | 1 |
| Green Bay, US | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 1 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Managua, NI | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record | 1 |
| Iquitos, PE | 1 |
| Lima, PE | 1 |
| Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientaislocation not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| TADlocation not on record | 1 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 1 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rurallocation not on record | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
339 institutions · 4 092 of 4 240 vouchered records shown · 148 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA23 detections
Where the DNA of Setaria was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found23
Studies independent surveys2
Countries6
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 23 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
Disturbed area beside roadEdge of dirt road in riverine forest
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median26.5 °C 15.9–27.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.80 °C
Max temp (day)30.7 °C 18.9–33.6
Min temp (night)21.8 °C 14.7–22.9
Precipitation20.4 mm/mo 3.70–181
Air humidity56.6 % 53.1–63.0
Moisture balance-124 mm/mo -164–49.0
Vapour deficit1,314 Pa 615–1,757
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.30–3.60
Cloud cover28.5 % 18.8–63.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 22 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.