Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria bosseri Voronts.

First published in Kew Bull. 72(2)-29: 1 (2017)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Madagascar. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Bosser, J. M. (1969). Graminees des paturages et des cultures a Madagascar. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W. D., Vorontsova, M. S., Harman, K. T. & Williamson, H. (2016). GrassBase — The Online World Grass Flora. Kew: The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/index.htm. Accessed 17 Feb. 2016.
  • Henrard, J. (1950). Monograph of the genus Digitaria. Eduard Ijdo, Leiden.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland & Cambridge.
  • Vorontsova, M. S., Besnard, G., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Moat, J., Clayton, W. D., Ficinski, S., Savva, G. M., Nanjarisoa,O.P.,Razanatsoa,J.,Randriatsara, F. O, Kimeu, J. M., Luke, W. R. Q., Kayombo, C. & Linder, H. P. (2016) Madagascar' sgrassesand grasslands: anthropogenic or natural? Proc. R. Soc.London,Ser.B,Biol.Sci.283 (1823). DOI:10.1098/rspb.2015.2262.
  • Vorontsova, M. S., Haevermans, T., Haevermans, A., Razanatsoa, J., Lundgren, M. R. &Besnard, G. (2015). The Genus Sartidia (Poaceae: Aristidoideae) in Mad­agascar. Syst. Bot. 40 (2): 448 - 453.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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