Digitaria didactyla

Digitaria didactyla
Digitaria didactyla

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Anthephorinae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: Digitaria didactyla

Name

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Digitaria didactyla Willd. Enum. pl. 1:91. (1809)

Homonyms

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  • Digitaria didactyla Spreng. = Cynodon tenellus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 187 (1810).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Panicum didactylum (Willd.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 33 (1829).
    • Panicum commutatum var. didactylum (Willd.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 26 (1841).
    • Paspalum sanguinale var. didactylum (Willd.) A.Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 223 (1912).
  • Heterotypic
    • Panicum gracile Nees ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 33 (1827), nom. nud.
    • Panicum subtile R.Br. ex Nees, Flora 11: 300 (1828), nom. nud.
    • Panicum bicorne Sieber ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 41 (1853), nom. illeg.
    • Panicum sanguinale var. bicorne Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 250 (1893).
    • Panicum sanguinale var. brevispicatum Maiden, Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 21: 789 (1910)
    • Digitaria caespitosa B.Boivin ex A.Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 914 (1926 publ. 1927), nom. illeg.
    • Digitaria camusiana Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 61: 17 (1930)
    • Digitaria swazilandensis Stent, Bothalia 3: 150 (1930)
    • Digitaria truncata Henrard & A.Camus, Blumea 1: 111 (1934)
    • Digitaria peninsulae Ohwi, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. .18: 7 (1947)
    • Digitaria didactyla var. decalvata Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria.: 182 (1950)
    • Digitaria didactyla var. peninsulae (Ohwi) Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria.: 991 (1950)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Southern Asia
      • Aldabra
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique
    • Regional: Mascareñas
      • Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles
    • Introduced into:
      • Cook Is., Fiji, Florida, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Malaya, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tonga, Vietnam, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Swaziland-vingergras
English: Blue Couch
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