Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria sparsifructus Ohwi

First published in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 7 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China, E. Jawa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 25, 1944 Backer, C.A. [6605] Indonesia K000290281 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1972 Marcan, A. [2366] Thailand Digitaria siamensis K000621218 Yes
Sep 1, 1972 Marcan, A. [2366] Thailand Digitaria siamensis K000621219 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Put [1800] Thailand Digitaria siamensis K000621220 Yes
Kostermans, A. [1359] Thailand Digitaria siamensis K000688349 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19638] Thailand Digitaria siamensis K000621216 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19704] Thailand Digitaria siamensis K000621217 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