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
- Panicum ctenanthum F.Muell. in Fragm. 8: 153 (1874)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria robusta Hughes in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 310 (1923)
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? |
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Oct 1, 1982 | Hill, G.F. [189], Northern Territory | K001056070 | holotype | Yes | |
Oct 1, 1982 | Mueller, F.J.H. von [s.n.], Australia | K001056071 | syntype | 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.
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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