Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria fuscescens (J.Presl) Henrard

First published in Meded. Rijks-Herb. 61: 8 (1930)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Old World. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Cameroon, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Fiji, French Guiana, Guyana, Hawaii, Nicobar Is., Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Suriname, Venezuela

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.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • 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.

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

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.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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/.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • 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
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Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 453 (1972).
  • Henr. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 61: 8 (1930).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Davidse, D.; Llanos, F. [5126] Colombia K001467766 Yes
Feb 3, 2000 Eden, M.J. [EM 106] Brazil K001075900 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Lanna, J.P.; Castellanos, A. [495] Brazil K001075906 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Kerr, A.F.G. [7140] Thailand K000621210 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Kerr, A.F.G. [19001] Thailand K000621185 No
Nov 1, 1971 Kerr, A.F.G. [15715] Thailand K000621214 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Kerr, A.F.G. [15657] Thailand K000621213 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [7492] Brazil K001075905 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Kerr, A.F.G. [14866] Thailand K000621212 Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Kerr, A.F.G. [14866] Thailand K000621211 Yes
Feb 1, 1971 Clayton, W.D. [4098] Brazil K001075909 Yes
Jun 29, 1936 Hosaka, E.Y. [1385] United States K001614818 No
Tothill, J.D. [394a] Fiji K003797282 Yes
Jonsson, G. [6a] Brazil K001075903 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [24208] Brazil K001075904 Yes
Smith, A.C. [9681] Fiji K003797273 Yes
Whistler, A. [W5262] United States K003797298 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [12732] Brazil K001075902 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [37] Fiji K003797279 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [11450] Gabon K003798367 Yes
Bommer, D. [26] Brazil K000004572 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [176] Nigeria K003797769 Yes
[s.n.] Guyana K002200016 Yes
Fryar, D. [3608] Papua New Guinea K003796092 Yes
[463] Guyana K002200015 Yes
Smith, A.C. [4953] Fiji K003797277 Yes
Davidse, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Vital, D.M. [11809] Brazil K000004573 Yes
s.coll. [1725] Cameroon K003798371 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [s.n.] Fiji K003797292 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [294] Fiji K003797293 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [114] Fiji K003797288 Yes
Whistler, A. [W5292] United States K003797299 Yes
Greenwood, W. [187] Fiji K003797272 Yes
[139] Guyana K002200020 Yes
Akpabla, G.K. [2125] K003797767 Yes
Coode, M.J.E. [3779] Papua New Guinea K003796094 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3474] Nigeria K003797773 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [92a] Fiji K003797283 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [182] Fiji K003797291 Yes
Verdcourt; Amani [171] Tanzania K003799753 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [17441] Brazil K000004577 Yes
Maitland [1175] Cameroon K003797775 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [99] Fiji K003797280 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [393] Fiji K003797284 Yes
Smith, A.C. [9601] Fiji K003797274 Yes
Euponino, A.; da Vinha, S.G. [508] Brazil K000004574 Yes
s.coll. [8791] Fiji K003797296 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6001] Cameroon K003797770 Yes
Bos, J.J. [4390] Cameroon K003798372 Yes
Smith, A.C. [9376] Fiji K003797276 Yes
[s.n.] French Guiana K002200018 Yes
Turbet, C.R. [37] Fiji K003797287 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K003797300 Yes
Meijer, W. [39355] Indonesia K003795851 Yes
Whistler, A. [W2081] Samoa K003797297 Yes
Dissing, H. [2683] Papua New Guinea K003796095 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [12732] Brazil K001075901 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4544] Brazil K001075907 Yes
[T. D. M] [1175] Cameroon K003797776 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [205] Fiji K003797285 Yes
Laegaard, S.; et al. [151267] Malaysia K003795849 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [8023] Cameroon K003798370 Yes
van Balgooy, M.; Mamesah, J. [6260] Indonesia K003795856 Yes
Laegaard, S.; et al. [151193] Malaysia K003795848 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [9] Fiji K003797295 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [231] Fiji K003797290 Yes
Forster, R.H. [F132] Indonesia K003795853 Yes
Dames, T. [78a] Indonesia K003795857 Yes
Turbet, C.R. [34] Fiji K003797278 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [402] Fiji K003797289 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4154] Brazil K001075908 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [17154] Brazil K000004576 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI153] Belize K003434283 Yes
[17193] Guyana K002200017 Yes
s.coll. [1880] Cameroon K003798368 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [2677] Indonesia K003795854 Yes
Forster, R.H. [F64] Indonesia K003795858 Yes
Ambriansyah [AA2540] Indonesia K003795855 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [95] Fiji K003797281 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [262] Fiji K003797286 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.D. [4130] Brazil K001075899 Yes
Laegaard, S.; et al. [151322] Malaysia K003795850 Yes
Greenwood, W. [s.n.] Fiji K003797271 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1387] Liberia K003797768 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3460] K003797771 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J. [3021] Papua New Guinea K003796093 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001075910 Yes
Adjanohoun [418A] Cote d'Ivoire K003797766 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003797772 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3474] Nigeria K003797774 Yes
Carvalho, A.M.; Plowman; T [1603] Brazil K000004575 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7155] Central African Republic K003798369 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [38] Fiji K003797294 Yes
Smith, A.C. [9615] Fiji K003797275 Yes
[7665] Guyana K002200019 Yes
Davidse, D.; Llanos, F. [5126], Colombia K001467766 Yes
Venezuela K001467768 Yes
Venezuela K001467769 Yes
Venezuela K001467770 Yes
Ecuador K001467771 Yes
Colombia K001467767 No

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