- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Digitaria Haller
Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman

[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Rootstock evident. Butt sheaths pubescent. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 70-120 cm long; 5-10 mm diam. Culm-nodes brown; bearded. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2-4 mm long. Leaf-blades 12-40 cm long; 7-15 mm wide. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes numerous; 20-50; borne along a central axis; unilateral; 10-15 cm long. Central inflorescence axis 8-30 cm long. Rhachis wingless; angular. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets pedicelled; 2 in the cluster. Pedicels unequal.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 3.5-4 mm long; falling entire. Rhachilla internodes elongated below basal sterile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 3.5-4 mm long; falling entire. Rhachilla internodes elongated below basal sterile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes two; dissimilar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume oblong; 0.5-1 mm long; 0.15-0.25 length of spikelet; hyaline; without keels; 0 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex truncate. Upper glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface villous. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 7 -veined; villous; acuminate. Fertile lemma lanceolate; 3-3.5 mm long; cartilaginous; much thinner on margins; dark brown; without keel. Lemma margins flat; covering most of palea. Lemma apex acute. Palea cartilaginous.
- Distribution
- Asia-temperate: eastern Asia. Asia-tropical: Malesia and Papuasia. Pacific: south-central, northwestern, and north-central. North America: southwest USA, south-central USA, southeast USA, and Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana, Caribbean, northern South America, western South America, Brazil, and southern South America.
- Reference
- Paniceae. Gr Bahia.
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 0 - 2500 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- Least concern.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cabezona, cola de zorro, hierba de zorra, rabo de zorro
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Caroline Is., Hawaii, Illinois, Kazan-retto, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Wake I.
- Rhynchospora fabri (Rottb.) Steud.
- Schoenus fabri Rottb.
- Agrostis villosa Steud.
- Andropogon fabricii Henrard
- Andropogon insularis L.
- Digitaria leucophaea (Kunth) Stapf
- Milium hirsutum P.Beauv.
- Milium villosum Sw.
- Monachne unilateralis Roem. & Schult.
- Nardus dactyloides Roll.-Germ. ex Rottb.
- Panicum duchaissingii Steud.
- Panicum falsum Steud.
- Panicum gavanianum Steud. ex Döll
- Panicum insulare (L.) G.Mey.
- Panicum insulare var. leucophaeum Kuntze
- Panicum insulare var. typicum Hack.
- Panicum lanatum Rottb.
- Panicum leucophaeum Kunth
- Panicum saccharoides A.Rich.
- Saccharum polystachyum Siebold ex Kunth
- Syntherisma insularis (L.) Millsp.
- Trichachne insularis (L.) Nees
- Tricholaena insularis (L.) Griseb.
- Tricholaena saccharoides Griseb.
- Valota insularis (L.) Chase
Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 9, 1986 | Panama | K001467784 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1982 | Santos, T.S. [3428], Bahia | K000004597 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Duchassaing [26], Guadeloupe | K000643075 | Yes | ||
Apr 1, 1970 | Leeward Is. AB Ant | K000643076 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1913 | Dusén, P. [11333], Brazil | K001075857 | Yes | ||
Jul 1, 1903 | Colombia | K001467787 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1883 | Bolivia | K000326726 | Yes | ||
Mori, S.A. [11531], Bahia | K000004593 | No | |||
Preston [0], Bahia | K000004595 | No | |||
Salzmann, P. [0], Bahia | K000004596 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [10888], Bahia | K000004589 | No | |||
Bolland, G. [3], Brazil | K000004600 | Yes | |||
Gardner [143], Brazil | K000004598 | No | |||
Grupo Pedra do Cavalo [142], Bahia | K000004588 | No | |||
Carvalho, J.H. [407], Brazil | K000004601 | No | |||
Bolland, G. [3], Brazil | K000004599 | Yes | |||
Lanna, J.P. [693], Bahia | K000004594 | No | |||
Harley, R.M. [17565], Bahia | K000004590 | No | |||
Harley, R.M. [16155], Bahia | K000004591 | No | |||
Harley, R.M. [16382], Bahia | K000004592 | No | |||
Gardner, G. [3538], Brazil | K001075850 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [9235], Brazil | K001075855 | Yes | |||
Tweedie, J. [651], Brazil | K001075859 | Yes | |||
Hatschbach, G.G. [49004], Brazil | K001075848 | Yes | |||
Trail, J.W.H. [1237], Brazil | K001075867 | Yes | |||
Clayton, W.D. [4845], Brazil | K001075858 | Yes | |||
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | K001075849 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [4487], Brazil | K001075856 | Yes | |||
Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. [s.n.], Brazil | K001075862 | Yes | |||
Rambo, B. [46499], Brazil | K001075866 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [4212], Brazil | K001075854 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [1500], Brazil | K001075853 | Yes | |||
Burchell, W.J. [1676], Brazil | K001075852 | Yes | |||
Balbio [s.n.] | K001075861 | Yes | |||
Swallen, J.R. [4892], Brazil | K001075847 | Yes | |||
Sagot, P.A. [s.n.], Guyana | K001075863 | Yes | |||
Archer, W.A. [4191], Brazil | K001075864 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [16598], Brazil | K001075851 | Yes | |||
Brothery [26], French Guiana | K001078603 | Yes | |||
Tweedie, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001075860 | Yes | |||
Carauta, J.P.P. [787], Brazil | K001075865 | Yes | |||
Castellanos, A. [25019], Brazil | K001075846 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467772 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467773 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467774 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467775 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467776 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467777 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467778 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467779 | Yes | |||
Equador | K001467780 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001467781 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001467782 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001467783 | Yes | |||
Wood, J.R.I. [4861], Colombia | K001467785 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467786 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467788 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467789 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467790 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467791 | Yes | |||
Wood, J.R.I. [5070], Colombia | K001467792 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467793 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467794 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467795 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467796 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467797 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467798 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467799 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467800 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467801 | Yes |
First published in Ark. Bot. 11(4): 17 (1912)
Accepted by
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- Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
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- Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2012). A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacensis. Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 127-149. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
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- 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.
- Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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- Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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