Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman

First published in Ark. Bot. 11(4): 17 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

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.

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.
  • 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.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lo Medico, J.M. & al. (2017). Phylogeny of Digitaria Sections Trichachne and Trichophorae (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Systematic Botany 42: 37-53.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • 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.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Mez ex Ekman in Ark. f. Bot. 11(4): 17 (1912).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Crop wild relative Inventory https://www.cwrdiversity.org/checklist/ in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

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.
  • 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.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 17, 2008 Santamaría, D.; Mata, J.; Hoepker, A.; Chacón, I.; Hernández, C. [3547] Costa Rica K001614113 Yes
Jun 9, 1986 Panama K001467784 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Duchassaing [26] Guadeloupe K000643075 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Leeward Is. K000643076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1903 Colombia K001467787 Yes
Jan 1, 1883 Bolivia K000326726 Yes
Castellanos, A. [23941] Brazil K002200075 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [3597] United States K003434048 Yes
Seidel, R.; Beck, S. [304] Bolivia K001254230 No
{Sellow} [s.n.] Brazil K002200056 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [65154] Marshall Islands K003797319 Yes
Goodland, R. [820] Guyana K002200034 Yes
Glaziou, A. [18637] Brazil K002200071 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Soto, D. [27173] Bolivia K001254206 No
Palmer, E. [151] Mexico K003434300 Yes
Renvoize, S. [4755] Bolivia K001254228 No
Curtiss, A.H.; Curtiss [3626] United States K003434050 Yes
Sherring, R.V. [s.n.] K003593809 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [889] Guatemala K003434314 Yes
Allan, J.A. [512] K003593811 Yes
Jurgensen, C. [954] Mexico K003434307 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K003434056 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [65154] Marshall Islands K003797320 Yes
Gaumer, G.F.; Silam, A. [s.n.] Mexico K003434294 Yes
Rojas, C. [1444] Bolivia K001254239 No
Dombrowski, L.T. [2538] Brazil K002200060 Yes
Strang, H.E. [511] Brazil K002200074 Yes
Brothery [26] French Guiana K001078603 Yes
Gaumer, G.F.; [At Silam] [s.n.] Mexico K003434296 Yes
Pabst, G.F.J. [4431] Brazil K002200064 Yes
Kalloo, M.B. [1691] K003593805 Yes
[Jaeger] [s.n.] K003593785 Yes
Box, H.E. [129] K003593803 Yes
Palmer, E. [430] Mexico K003434304 Yes
Palmer, E. [288] Mexico K003434301 Yes
Maggs [151] K003593795 Yes
Anderson, J. [s.n.] Ghana K003797647 Yes
Lloyd, F.E. [444] K003593802 Yes
Guillemin, M. [140] Brazil K002200076 Yes
{Commerson; Jussieu} [s.n.] Brazil K002200073 Yes
s.coll. [D0366] Brazil K002200057 Yes
Araújo, D.S.D.; Maciel, N.C. [3680] Brazil K002200062 Yes
Issen, P.A. [30] Bolivia K001254233 No
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] United States K003797324 Yes
Sohns, E.R. [698] Mexico K003434306 Yes
Maling [35] K003593812 Yes
Lara, R.; Calle, E. [1606] Bolivia K001254235 No
Rose, J.N. [1900] Mexico K003434305 Yes
Chase, A. [s.n.] K003593794 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K003434310 Yes
Riedel [200] Brazil K002200054 Yes
Sintenis, P. [213] K003593792 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [59850] K003797318 Yes
Ugent, D.; Ugent, V. [5113] Bolivia K001254226 No
[1628] Brazil K002200023 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1094; 392] K003593807 Yes
Moldenke, H. [634] United States K003434052 Yes
Beck, S. [4960] Bolivia K001254240 No
Sohns, E.R. [753] Mexico K003434308 Yes
[7030] Brazil K002200022 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [2448] Mexico K003434303 Yes
Heller, A.A.; Halbach, E.G. [136] K003593790 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [50834] Guatemala K003434317 Yes
Yasuda, K. [2617] Japan K002389658 Yes
Hall, J.B. [43690GC] Ghana K003797646 Yes
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P.; Clubbe, C.; Gillman, M.; Hankamer, C. [10908] British Virgin Islands K001636403 No
Nee, M. [33427] Bolivia K001254237 No
Araújo, D.S.D.; Maciel, N.C. [2120] Brazil K002200063 Yes
Fuertes, P.M. [1422] K003593787 Yes
Killeen, T.; Vargas, I.; Mostacedo, B. [4246] Bolivia K001254234 No
[Dalton Joseph]; Smith, H.H. [B356] K003593806 Yes
{Weatherwax} [27] Guatemala K003434311 Yes
Michel; Beck; Garcia [398] Bolivia K001254227 No
Linsinger, V. [558] Brazil K002200059 Yes
Riedel [992] Brazil K002200055 Yes
{Swanson} [220] Brazil K002200058 Yes
[377] Brazil K002200024 Yes
{R. de Michel} [528] Bolivia K001254229 No
Steinbach, J. [6876] Bolivia K001254203 No
Curtiss, A.H. [5393] United States K003434049 Yes
[1611] Brazil K002200021 Yes
Chinchilla, F.; López, O. [[ISB00129]] El Salvador K003434320 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [10738] Mexico K003434292 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K002200069 Yes
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Guatemala K003434312 Yes
Michel; Beck; Garcia [398] Bolivia K001254204 No
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [5440] Mexico K003434299 Yes
[Euburg] [113] K003593799 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11937] Honduras K003434318 Yes
Robinson, H. [s.n.] K003593804 Yes
s.coll. [[341]] K003593788 Yes
Beck, S. [5938] Bolivia K001254210 No
Boldingh, I. [575B.] K003593800 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H8042] K003593789 Yes
Nee, M. [31859] Bolivia K001254209 No
Standley, P.C. [87768] Guatemala K003434316 Yes
Furuse, M. [1872] Japan K002389660 Yes
Pohl, R.W. [7617] United States K003434054 Yes
[M. Cardenas] [5595] Bolivia K001254232 No
Renvoize, S.A.; Cope, T.A.; Beck, S. [3881] Bolivia K001254208 No
[E. Hahn] [690; 921] K003593808 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003593782 Yes
Bastian, E. [394] Bolivia K001254211 No
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Guatemala K003434313 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K003434295 Yes
Allan, J.A. [512] K003593810 Yes
{R. de Michel} [508] Bolivia K001254238 No
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [11419] K003593783 Yes
Sherring, R.V. [49] K003593813 Yes
Heller, A.A.; Halbach, E.G. [650] K003593791 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [675] Mexico K003434297 Yes
Moldenke, H. [416] United States K003434053 Yes
Glazioiu, A. [3146] Brazil K002200072 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003593784 Yes
Broadway [4893] K003593797 Yes
Sintenis, P. [26] K003593793 Yes
Palmer, E. [715] Mexico K003434302 Yes
Hartung, M. [s.n.] United States K003797325 Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF14763] Papua New Guinea K003796137 Yes
[Imans] [8] K003593801 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [16868] Bolivia K001254205 No
Waibuta, L.V. [s.n.] Solomon Islands K003797323 Yes
Levi, P. [93] Nicaragua K003434322 Yes
Jaeger, B. [178] Haiti K003593786 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [961] Guatemala K003434315 Yes
Buchtien, O. [s.n.] Bolivia K001254213 No
Yasuda, K. [2007] Japan K002389657 Yes
Tucker, J.M. [835] El Salvador K003434321 Yes
[11277] Brazil K002200025 Yes
s.coll. [6977] Brazil K002200068 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K003434051 Yes
s.coll. [6946] Brazil K002200067 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [16875] Bolivia K001254207 No
Chase, A. [9976] Brazil K002200065 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1094] K003593798 Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF11527] Papua New Guinea K003796138 Yes
Nee, M. [47776] Bolivia K003434055 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [9] Bolivia K001254231 No
Martínez, R. [601] Bolivia K001254212 No
Furuse, M. [4927] Japan K002389659 Yes
Montalvo, E.A.; V.M.R. [6485] El Salvador K003434319 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [5405] Mexico K003434298 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [11163] Brazil K002200061 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4893] K003593796 Yes
Laegaard, S. [17645] Bolivia K001254236 No
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

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