Setaria geminata(Forssk.) Veldkamp

Egyptian panicgrass

WFO wfo-0000899161 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Setaria geminata, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. a Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197615410
Setaria geminata, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. b Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102124257
Setaria geminata, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. c Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1418226
Setaria geminata, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. d Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1428824
Setaria geminata, photographed by Luke Padon
fig. e Luke Padon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138253839
Setaria geminata, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. f Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 103936615
Setaria geminata, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. g Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102651638
Setaria geminata, photographed by Dan Johnson
fig. h Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102124158

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Native range 49 botanical countries

Regions where Setaria geminata is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonChadDjiboutiDR CongoEgyptEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaYemenIndiaPakistanSri Lanka Canary Is.Cape VerdeComorosMadeiraMauritiusRéunionRodriguesSeychelles
Native distribution of Setaria geminata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Canary Is. CNY
Cape Verde CVI
Chad CHA
Comoros COM
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Libya LBY
Madagascar MDG
Madeira MDR
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Réunion REU
Rodrigues ROD
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Seychelles SEY
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Digitaria adpressa Bojer
  • Digitaria affinis Roem. & Schult.
  • Digitaria appressa (Lam.) Pers.
  • Echinochloa geminata (Forssk.) Roberty
  • Panicum affine (Roem. & Schult.) Nees
  • Panicum appressum (Lam.) Döll
  • Panicum beckmanniiforme J.C.Mikan ex Trin.
  • Panicum briziforme J.Presl
  • Panicum brizoides Lam.
  • Panicum carnosum Salzm. ex Steud.
  • Panicum emergens Hochst.
  • Panicum fluitans Retz.
  • Panicum geminatum Forssk.
  • Panicum glomeratum Buckley
  • Panicum paludivagum Hitchc. & Chase
  • Panicum paspaloides Pers.
  • Panicum truncatum Trin.
  • Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf
  • Paspalidium geminatum subsp. paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Catasús
  • Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould
  • Paspalidium paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Parodi
  • Paspalidium pilgeri Herter
  • Paspalum appressum Lam.
  • Setaria geminata var. paludivaga (Hitchc. & Chase) R.D.Webster

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol PAGE2. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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