Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria ctenantha (F.Muell.) Hughes

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 310 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & Central Australia (incl. Coral Sea Islands). It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1982 Hill, G.F. [189] Australia K001056070 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Mueller, F.J.H., von [s.n.] Australia K001056071 Syntype Yes
Cleland, J.B. [13] Australia K003796976 Yes
Blake, S.T. [8448] Australia K003796995 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [7473] Australia K003796992 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [7234] Australia K003796989 Yes
Lazarides, M. [4347] Australia K003797001 Yes
Hockings, F. [s.n.] Australia K003796999 Yes
Mrs. C. Dany [s.n.] K002389154 No
Trudgen, M.E.; Trudgen, M.; Deluca, S. [MET12326] Australia K003796968 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K003796974 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [7343] Australia K003796991 Yes
Henderson, R.J. [H1856] Australia K003796986 Yes
Lazarides, M. [4277] Australia K003796994 Yes
Specht, R.L. [279] Australia K003796978 Yes
Trudgen, M.E.; Trudgen, M.; Deluca, S. [MET12537] Australia K003796969 Yes
Winders, C.W. [7400] Australia K003796987 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6811] Australia K003796988 Yes
Blake, S.T. [8733] Australia K003796997 Yes
Pullen, R. [10616] Australia K003796981 Yes
Meares [303] Australia K003796972 Yes
Blake, S.T. [10140] Australia K003796996 Yes
Deluca, S.; Trudgen, M.E. [SD004] Australia K003796970 Yes
Specht, R.L. [756] Australia K003796980 Yes
Dony, J.G.; Dony, C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002389155 No
Michell, W.A.R.; [W. N. Winn] [s.n.] Australia K003796973 Yes
Blake, S.T. [17821] Australia K003796979 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [8649] Australia K003796977 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [7032] Australia K003796990 Yes
Blake, S.T. [12436] Australia K003796993 Yes
Allan, S. [6] Australia K003797000 Yes
Gardner, C.A. [9822] Australia K003796971 Yes
Blake, S.T. [6191] Australia K003796998 Yes
Blake, S.T. [11492] Australia Digitaria robusta K003796984 Yes
Blake, S.T. [11554] Australia Digitaria robusta K003796985 Yes
Blake, S.T. [6305] Australia Digitaria robusta K003796983 Yes
Lazarides, M. [4450] Australia Digitaria robusta K003796982 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