Editing Millet (section)

=== Taxonomy ===

The different species of millets are not all closely related.  All are members of the family [[Poaceae]] (the grasses), but they belong to different [[tribe (biology)|tribe]]s and subfamilies. Commonly cultivated millets are:<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Taylor |editor-first1=John R.N. |editor-last2=Duodu |editor-first2=Kwaku G. |date=2019 |title=Sorghum and Millets: Chemistry, Technology, and Nutritional Attributes |edition=2nd |url=https://shop.elsevier.com/books/sorghum-and-millets/taylor/978-0-12-811527-5 |publisher=Elsevier |page=3 |isbn=978-0-12-811527-5}}</ref>

[[Eragrostideae]] tribe in the subfamily [[Chloridoideae]]:

* ''[[Eleusine coracana]]'': Finger millet
* ''[[Eragrostis tef]]'': Teff; often not considered to be a millet<ref name="fao1">{{cite web |title=Sorghum and millet in human nutrition |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |year=1995 |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0818E/T0818E00.htm |access-date=2012-01-07 |archive-date=2018-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001231759/http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0818e/T0818E00.HTM }}</ref>

[[Paniceae]] tribe in the subfamily [[Panicoideae]]:

* Genus ''[[Panicum]]'':
** ''[[Proso millet|Panicum miliaceum]]'': Proso millet (common millet, broomcorn millet, hog millet, or white millet, also known as baragu in Kannada, panivaragu in Tamil)
** ''[[Panicum sumatrense]]'': Little millet
** ''[[Panicum hirticaule]]'': Sonoran millet, cultivated in the American Southwest
* ''[[Cenchrus americanus]]'': Pearl millet
[[File:A closeup of Pearl Millet (Cumbu).JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'')|alt=Closeup picture of pearl millet]]
* ''[[Setaria italica]]'': Foxtail millet, Italian millet, panic<ref>{{Cite OED|panic}} from classical Latin pānicum (or pānīcum) Italian millet.</ref>
* Genus ''[[Digitaria]]'': of minor importance as crops<ref name=fao1/>
** ''[[Digitaria exilis]]'': known as white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice
** ''[[Digitaria iburua]]'': Black fonio
** ''[[Digitaria compacta]]'': Raishan, cultivated in the [[Khasi Hills]] of northeast India
** ''[[Digitaria sanguinalis]]'': Polish millet
* Genus ''[[Echinochloa]]'': collectively, the members of this genus are called ''barnyard grasses'' or ''barnyard millets''
** ''[[Echinochloa esculenta]]'': Japanese barnyard millet
** ''[[Echinochloa frumentacea]]'': Indian barnyard millet
** ''[[Echinochloa stagnina]]'': Burgu millet
** ''[[Echinochloa crus-galli]]'': Common barnyard grass (or cockspur grass)
* ''[[Paspalum scrobiculatum]]'': Kodo millet
[[File:A closeup of Varagu millet with husk..JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Kodo millet (''Paspalum scrobiculatum'')|alt=Closeup picture of kodo millet]]
* Genus [[Urochloa]] (formerly Brachiaria)
** ''[[Urochloa deflexa]]'': Guinea millet
** ''[[Urochloa ramosa]]'': Browntop millet, southern India<ref>{{cite web |title=Browntop Millet |url=https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_urra.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_urra.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="GA-browntop">{{Cite book| publisher = Springer New York| isbn = 978-1-4419-0426-3| pages = 1021–1024| editor-last = Smith|editor-first = Claire| last1 = Kingwell-Banham| first1 = Eleanor| last2 = Fuller| first2 = Dorian Q.| title = Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology| chapter = Brown Top Millet: Origins and Development| location = New York, NY| access-date = 2025-01-15| date = 2014| doi = 10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2318| chapter-url = http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2318}}</ref>
* ''[[Spodiopogon formosanus]]'': Taiwan oil millet, endemic to Taiwan<ref name="Takei 2013">Takei, Emiko (October 2013). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267747587_Millet_Culture_and_Indigenous_Cuisine_in_Taiwan Millet Culture and Indigenous Cuisine in Taiwan]''. The 2013 International Conference on Chinese Food Culture, Kunming, Yunnan, China.</ref>

[[Andropogoneae]] tribe, also in the subfamily [[Panicoideae]]:

* ''[[Sorghum bicolor]]'': Sorghum; usually considered a separate cereal, but sometimes known as ''great millet''
* ''[[Job's tears|Coix lacryma-jobi]]'': Job's tears, also known as adlay millet<ref name=fao1/>