Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Milium globosum Thunb.

Common names:

• swamp millet  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku] Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan (natzd. elsewhere), India, Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (e.), Queensland (e.), South Australia (s.e.), Victoria, Northern Territory (n.w.)]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=447377. Accessed 3 July 2024.