Eleusine
Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family, sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species, Eleusine indica, is a widespread weed in many places. Another species, Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.
; SpeciesEleusine africana – Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, OmanEleusine coracana – tropical Africa; naturalized in parts of Asia, Western Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, etc.Eleusine floccifolia – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, YemenEleusine indica – Asia, Africa, Papuasia; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, Americas, various islandsEleusine intermedia – Kenya, EthiopiaEleusine jaegeri – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, UgandaEleusine kigeziensis – Ethiopia, Uganda, Zaïre, Rwanda, BurundiEleusine multiflora – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in South Africa, Mexico, LesothoEleusine semisterilis – KenyaEleusine tristachya – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Islands
; formerly included
numerous species once included in Eleusine but now considered better suited to other genera: ''Acrachne Aeluropus Chloris Coelachyrum Dactyloctenium Dinebra Disakisperma Eragrostis Harpochloa Leptochloa Ochthochloa Sclerodactylon Uniola Wangenheimia''