Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria didactyla Willd.

First published in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 91 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malawi to Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Fiji, Florida, Hawaii, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Malaya, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tonga, Vietnam, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sumadijaya, A. (2011). An account of the non-bambusoid alien grasses (Poaceae) in Java, one century after first records by Backer. Folia Malaysiana 12: 47-68.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • de Cordemoy, E.J. (1895). Flore de l'ile de la Réunion: 1-574. Librairie des sciences naturelles Paul Klincksieck, Paris.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1970 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001056072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Anderson, J.G. [s.n.] South Africa K003433740 Yes
s.coll. [K6276] Seychelles K003432650 Yes
Blake [84] Australia K003796949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003433742 Yes
Sieber, F.W. [42] Mauritius K000975311 Isotype Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2056] Australia K003796960 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002389156 No
Sieber [72] Mauritius K003432663 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius K003432664 Yes
Whittet, J.N. [5976] Australia K003796966 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2673] Australia K003796953 Yes
Gaudichand [s.n.] Reunion K003432655 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2352] Australia K003796956 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N216] South Africa K003433745 Yes
Cheel, E. [s.n.] Australia K003796965 Yes
s.coll. [2923] Madagascar K003432648 Yes
Blake, S.T. [22027] Australia K003796950 Yes
Garnier [239] Reunion K003432657 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [3097] Seychelles K003432651 Yes
Clayton, D. [5489] Sri Lanka K003795819 Yes
Smook, L. [1843] South Africa K003433744 Yes
Froment, D. [755] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798671 Yes
[Geoffrey Corbect] [24] Mauritius K003432653 Yes
Blake, S.T. [22748] Australia K003796944 Yes
Townsend, S. [s.n.] Eswatini K003433755 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2801] Australia K003796946 Yes
Vickery, J. [77] Australia K003796964 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Mauritius K003432662 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2056] Australia K003796961 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5405A] Australia K003796951 Yes
Blake, S.T. [22394] Australia K003796943 Yes
Bouton, M. [s.n.] Mauritius K003432659 Yes
Bouton, M. [G34] Mauritius K003432661 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13326] Sri Lanka K003795817 Yes
Jenkins [s.n.] South Africa K003433741 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2801] Australia K003796947 Yes
Clayton, D. [5773] Sri Lanka K003795818 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius K003432665 Yes
Sieber, F.W. [s.n.] Mauritius K000975312 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardiner, J.S. [35] Seychelles K003432652 Yes
Stainbank [s.n.] South Africa K003433750 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2602] Australia K003796957 Yes
Procter, J.; André, W. [4055] Seychelles K003432649 Yes
McClean, A.P.D. [804] South Africa K003433751 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [3434] Eswatini K003433754 Yes
Vickery, J. [4798] Australia K003796963 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5539] Australia K003796952 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4970] South Africa K003433748 Yes
Vaughan, R.E. [A12] Mauritius K003432660 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2182] Australia K003796954 Yes
Vickery, J. [77] Australia K003796962 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2602] Australia K003796959 Yes
Barclay, C. [1753] Mauritius K003432658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003433743 Yes
Perkins, A.E. [7931] Eswatini K003433752 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2396] Australia K003796955 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [2859] Eswatini K003433753 Yes
Moses, D. [6045] South Africa K003433749 Yes
Smith, N.D. [96] South Africa K003433746 Yes
de Winter, B. [5997] South Africa K003433739 Yes
Veldkamp, J.F. [6039] Indonesia K003795845 Yes
Davies, W. [s.n.] Australia K003796948 Yes
Blake, S.T. [84] Australia K003796967 Yes
Gerrard, W.J. [82] Madagascar K003432647 Yes
B.A.R. [s.n.] India K003795816 Yes
Pentz, J.A. [8557] Eswatini K000281317 Type Yes
{Rev. N. Michael} [s.n.] Australia K003796945 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2707] Australia K003796958 Yes
Edwards, D. [3251] South Africa K003433747 Yes
{Boivin} [939] Reunion K003432656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Reunion K003432654 Yes
Torre, A.R. [7314] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432529 Yes
Myre, M.; de Carvalho, M.F. [1194] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432533 Yes
s.coll. [1018] Malawi Digitaria swazilandensis K003432536 Yes
s.coll. [1018] Malawi Digitaria swazilandensis K003432535 Yes
Myre, M.; Carvalho, M.F. [1780] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432540 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Digitaria swazilandensis K003432539 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [21] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432530 No
s.coll. [1018] Malawi Digitaria swazilandensis K003432537 Yes
Torre, A.R. [7879] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432532 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2676] Malawi Digitaria swazilandensis K003432538 Yes
Torre, A.R. [7050] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432534 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [21] Mozambique Digitaria swazilandensis K003432531 Yes

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