Digitaria villosa

Digitaria villosa

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 villosa

Name

Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 85 (1805).

Homonyms

• Digitaria villosa Trin. = Digitaria compacta (Roth) Veldkamp, Blumea 21: 71 (1973).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Syntherisma villosa Walter, Fl. Carol.: 77 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Digitaria pilosa Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 45 (1803), nom. superfl.
  • Digitaria filiformis var. villosa (Walter) Fernald, Rhodora 36: 19 (1934).
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum domingense Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 11 (1806).
  • Paspalum carolinianum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 311 (1816).
  • Digitaria domingensis (Zuccagni) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 475 (1817).
  • Panicum leucocomum (Nash) Scribn., Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 7(ed. 2): 58 (1898).
  • Syntherisma leucocoma Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 295 (1898).
  • Digitaria leucocoma (Nash) Urb., Symb. Antill. 8: 24 (1920).
  • Digitaria obtusa Swallen, Phytologia 4: 425 (1953).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Regional: Central USA Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is. Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1. 85

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Digitaria villosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Digitaria villosa. 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 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Digitaria villosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Digitaria villosa. Published online. Accessed: October 08 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Shaggy Crabgrass

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