Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria orbata Hughes

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 312 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Queensland to NE. New South Wales. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, Queensland

Introduced into:

Hawaii

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Faccenda, K. (2022). http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op148p41-98.pdf. epublication.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Blake, S.T. [8476] Australia K001056080 Type Yes
Blake, S.T. [8476] Australia K001056079 Isotype Yes
Clarkson, J.R.; Neldner, V.J. [8626] Australia K003796496 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6661] Australia K003796500 Yes
Blake, S.T. [9578] Australia K003796502 Yes
Vickery, J.; Fraser, L. [23858] Australia K003796509 Yes
Blake, S.T. [8021] Australia K003796504 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7640] Australia K003796505 Yes
Blake, S. [101] Australia K003796506 Yes
Belson, E. [s.n.] Australia K003796510 Yes
Brass, L.J. [2184] Australia K003796508 Yes
Bancroft, T.L. [s.n.] Australia K003796507 Yes
Lazarides, M. [4658] Australia K003796512 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [3365] Australia K003796501 Yes
Belson, E. [s.n.] Australia K003796511 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K003796503 Yes
Simon, B.K. [4080] Australia K003796497 Yes
Blake, S.T. [14245] Australia K003796498 Yes
Wallace, A.R. [s.n.] Timor-Leste K003795911 Yes
Bowman, E.M. [s.n.] Australia K000215214 Type Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6627] Australia K003796499 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images