Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria henryi Rendle

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 323 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & SE. China to Vietnam, Japan (S. Kyushu) to Taiwan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, South China Sea, Taiwan, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Phoenix Is.

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.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Stoddard, D.R. (1994). Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. Atoll Research Bulletin 393: 1-60.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Digitaria ciliaris.]
  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul. [Cited as Digitaria ciliaris.]
  • Vázquez Pardo, F.M., Márquez García, F. & Blanco Salas, J. (2014). 084.- Digitaria ciliaris. Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 8: 86-91. [Cited as Digitaria ciliaris.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Stoddard, D.R. (1994). Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. Atoll Research Bulletin 393: 1-60.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 1904 Henry, A [1031] Taiwan K000885985 Type Yes
Hu, S.Y. [5492] Hong Kong K002389645 Yes
Henry, A. [727] Taiwan K002389634 Yes
s.coll. [204] Taiwan K002389635 Yes
But, P. [233] Hong Kong K002389643 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [10856] Hong Kong K002389647 Yes
Hu, S.Y.; But, P. [22871] Hong Kong K002389636 Yes
Furuse, M. [1311] Japan K002389630 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [10233] Hong Kong K002389646 Yes
But, P. [085] Hong Kong K002389641 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [7572] Hong Kong K002389640 Yes
Whistler, A. [8416] K003797309 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [5625] Hong Kong K002389638 Yes
McClure, F.A. [10340] China K002389631 Yes
But, P. [118] Hong Kong K002389642 Yes
[E. Fabea] [301] China K002389632 Yes
Whistler, A.; Steele, O. [11192] K003797310 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12059] Hong Kong K002389639 Yes
But, P. [215] Hong Kong K002389644 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [8047] Hong Kong K002389648 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [5590] Hong Kong K002389637 Yes
Lei, C.I. [18A] China K002389633 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

    • '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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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