Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria heterantha (Hook.f.) Merr.

First published in Lingnaam Agric. Rev. 1(2): 48 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Northern Territory, Queensland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boonsuk, B., Chantaranothai, P. & Hodkinson, T.R. (2016). A taxonomic revision of the genus Digitaria (Panicoideae: Poaceae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 246: 248-280.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Turner, I.M., Xing, F. & Corlett, R.T. (2000). An annotated check-list of the vascular plants of the South China Sea and its shores. The Raffles bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 8: 23-116.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1973 Backer, C.A. [1609] Indonesia K000290277 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Marcan, A. [2289] Thailand K000621153 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Marcan, A. [2289] Thailand K000621154 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Smitinand, T. [8544] Thailand K000688288 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Nai Nue [134] Thailand K000688287 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Kerr, A.F.G. [12632] Thailand K000621145 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Marcan, A. [2259] Thailand K000621151 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Marcan, A. [2259] Thailand K000621152 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Marcan, A. [2259] Thailand K000621150 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Kerr, A.F.G. [19926] Thailand K000621149 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Kerr, A.F.G. [13419] Thailand K000621147 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Kerr, A.F.G. [13419] Thailand K000621146 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Kerr, A.F.G. [13419] Thailand K000621148 Yes
Soares, F.A. [562] China K002389654 Yes
Sandermann Olsen [1055] Philippines K003796036 Yes
s.coll. [143] China K002389655 Yes
Grami [1379] China K002389656 Yes
Bois, D. [686] Vietnam K003795829 Yes
Henry, A. [1073] K002389649 Yes
Price, W.R. [1362] China K002389653 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [14866] Malaysia K000290275 Type Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Hong Kong K002389652 Yes
Henry, A. [7972] China K001666434 Yes
Henry, A. [1073] K002389650 Yes
Paul Couderc, M. [s.n.] K003795830 Yes
[F. A. Ivars] [504] China K002389651 Yes
Nauen, J.C. [38110] Malaysia K001056100 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smitinand, T. [s.n.] Thailand K000688286 Yes
Symon, D.E. [5134] Australia Digitaria longissima K003796456 Yes
Specht, R.L. [508] Australia Digitaria longissima K003796459 Yes
Perry, R.A. [1808] Australia Digitaria longissima K003796457 Yes
Hill, G.F. [707] Australia Digitaria longissima K003796458 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0