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
- Digitaria dispar Henrard in Blumea 1: 97 (1934), nom. superfl.
- Digitaria heterantha subsp. meyeniana Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 861 (1950), not validly publ.
- Paspalum heteranthum Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 7: 16 (1896)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria baliensis Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 5 (1947)
- Digitaria bantamensis Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 5 (1947)
- Digitaria heterantha subsp. aequabilis Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 811 (1950)
- Digitaria heterantha var. hirtella L.C.Chia in Fl. Hainan. 4: 539 (1977)
- Digitaria heterantha var. holosericea Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 813, 827, 862 (1950)
- Digitaria heterantha var. pachyrhachis (Hack.) Merr. in Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 54 (1923)
- Digitaria kanehirae Ohwi in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 55: 543 (1941)
- Digitaria longissima Mez in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 26 (1922)
- Digitaria shimadana Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 28 (1942)
- Panicum heteranthum Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Gramineae: 42 (1841), nom. illeg.
- Panicum heteranthum var. pachyrhachis Hack. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 167 (1908)
- Syntherisma heterantha Groff & B.C.Ding in Lingnaam Agric. Rev. 1(2): 48 (1923), pro syn.
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? |
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Apr 1, 1973 | Backer, C.A. [1609], Jawa | K000290277 | isotype | Yes | |
Apr 1, 1970 | Kerr, A.F.G. [13419], Thailand | K000621148 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Kerr, A.F.G. [19926], Thailand | K000621149 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Marcan, A. [2289], Thailand | K000621154 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Kerr, A.F.G. [12632], Thailand | K000621145 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Marcan, A. [2259], Thailand | K000621152 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Smitinand, T. [8544], Thailand | K000688288 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Marcan, A. [2259], Thailand | K000621150 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Kerr, A.F.G. [13419], Thailand | K000621147 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Marcan, A. [2289], Thailand | K000621153 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Marcan, A. [2259], Thailand | K000621151 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Nai Nue [134], Thailand | K000688287 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Kerr, A.F.G. [13419], Thailand | K000621146 | No | ||
Ridley, H.N. [14866], Peninsular Malaysia | K000290275 | lectotype | Yes | ||
Smitinand, T. [s.n.], Thailand | K000688286 | No | |||
Nauen, J.C. [38110], Malaysia | K001056100 | Yes |
Sources
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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.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0