This monograph includes the tribe Paniceae comprising the genera Brachiaria, Cenchrus, Echinochloa, Eriochloa, Oplismenus, Panicum, Paspalidium, Paspalam, Penniseum and Setaria. For the recognition and circumscription of the tribes, genera and species, very limited characters of the floral parts are used, whose validity and significance is important. The absence of a valid taxonomic treatment of these genera make it necessary to revise the past work and to carry out further research on new aspects. This study was carried out to clear up the taxonomic position of a number of taxa. The present...

Specific case studies are provided in which edible wild plants are used to reduce food insecurity, and the diversity of edible wild plants is studied from a global perspective. In developing countries, a significant obstacle to human survival is the increasing gap between food availability and the growing human population.