Digitaria serotina

Digitaria serotina

Taxonavigation

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 serotina

Name

Digitaria serotina (Walter) Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 46 (1803).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Syntherisma serotina Walter, Fl. Carol.: 76 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Paspalum serotinum (Walter) Flüggé, Gram. Monogr., Paspalum: 145 (1810).
  • Panicum serotinum (Walter) C.C.Gmel., Hortus Carlsruh.: 194 (1811).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Pennsylvania. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Digitaria serotina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Digitaria serotina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Digitaria serotina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Digitaria serotina. Published online. Accessed: October 07 2022.

Vernacular names

English: dwarf crabgrass

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