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PAGEpress, Natural History Sciences, 1(8), p. 71-72, 2021

DOI: 10.4081/nhs.2021.490

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Old and new nomenclatural combinations for <em>Echinochloa esculenta</em> (Japanese millet) and <em>E. frumentacea</em> (Indian millet) (Poaceae)

Journal article published in 2021 by Enrico Banfi, Gabriele Galasso ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Echinochloa esculenta and E. frumentacea are crops derived from the wild E. crus-galli and E. colona respectively. They are currently treated at the species rank, although different infraspecific ranks have been proposed for both taxa in the past. After some considerations on domestication of Japanese and Indian millets, we propose to follow the concept by Harlan and De Wet, which implies the subspecific rank for the domesticated plants. Accordingly, the existing combination for Echinochloa esculenta is recovered and a new combination for E. frumentacea is here established.