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

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], 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

  • 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

    • 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 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

  • 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