Eleusine indica

TaxID: 29674

Basic Information

Eleusine indica

Crabgrass, Goosegrass, goosegrass

Eleusine indica, the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees latitude. It is an invasive species in some areas. Eleusine indica is closely related to Eleusine coracana (finger millet or African finger millet), and the diploid E. indica is likely an ancestor of the allotetraploid E. coracana. Seeds of E. indica are edible and are sometimes used as a famine food, but yields are low. It is an important weed of cultivated crops, lawns, and golf courses. It thrives in disturbed areas with compacted soils in full sun. Both tillage and herbicides are used in its control. This low-growing grass is capable of setting seed even when closely mown. Some populations have evolved resistance to certain herbicides, including glyphosate. Eleusine indica performs C4 photosynthesis and therefore can grow in hot climates and in the hotter months of the temperate zone. Its seeds germinate later in spring than most other temperate zone weeds, such as crabgrasses. Though usually considered an annual, it may survive for more than a year in climates not subject to frost.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Eleusine

indica

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Eleusine indica
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Eleusine indica
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(c) Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)@BY
Eleusine indica
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
Eleusine indica
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(c) unknown@CC0
Eleusine indica
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(c) 傻子@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Jordan A2 list 2013
French Polynesia Present —
Serbia A2 list 2015

Distribution (174 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Angola Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_003369855.1 Scaffold 492 32 233 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR37295211 leaf - - 46248947 South Korea: Jeju
SRR37295210 leaf - - 49790165 South Korea: Jeju
SRR37295209 leaf - - 45671976 South Korea: Jeju

DNA Barcodes (31 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UHURU1569-15 - trnL-F 512 Kenya 2015-05-25 0.3189, 36.86233
UHURU1568-15 - trnL-F 575 Kenya 2015-05-25 0.3189, 36.86233
SDH2951-15 - rbcLa 552 United States 2010-05-13 32.64156, -117.09428
KNPB638-10 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 1980-10-01 -24.9, 31.58333
KNPA300-09 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2007-03-09 -22.427, 31.306
ITSAK3269-14 - ITS2 261 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
ITSAG925-14 - ITS2 212 - - -
ITSAD2028-14 - ITS2 206 United States - 38.82081, -96.33162
ITSAD2027-14 - ITS2 208 United States - 38.82081, -96.33162
ITSAD2026-14 - ITS2 208 United States - -
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Literature