Genus Setaria
Acrochaete Peter Chaetochloa Scribn. Cymbosetaria Schweick. Miliastrum Fabr. Tansaniochloa RauschertSpecies in the genus Setaria of plants
Setaria cernua - It is a grass endemic to Andean Ecuador, where it is common and frequent in dry areas of Imbabura, Carchi and Chimborazo provinces. At least 11 subpopulations have been recorded, some of them protected by the Parque Nacionale Llanganates, the Parque Nacional Sangay and the Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca. Apart from habitat destruction, no specific threats are known.