Distribution
Native to:
China Southeast, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Paspalum molle J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 213 (1830), nom. illeg.
- Paspalum mollicomum Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 47 (1833)
- Syntherisma mollis Scribn. in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 10: 50 (1899)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria elevatovenulosa Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 6 (1947)
- Digitaria elevatovenulosa var. glabra Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 6 (1947)
- Digitaria hayatae (Honda) Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 30 (1942)
- Digitaria magna (Honda) Tuyama in J. Jap. Bot. 18: 13 (1942)
- Digitaria mollicoma var. glabra (Ohwi) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 819 (1950)
- Digitaria vietnamensis T.Q.Nguyen in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 10 (1966)
- Panicum hayatae (Honda) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan: 1472 (1925), nom. illeg.
- Panicum hayatae var. magnum (Honda) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan: 1472 (1925)
- Syntherisma hayatae Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 128 (1924)
- Syntherisma hayatae var. magna Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 128 (1924)
- Syntherisma magna (Honda) Honda in J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 294 (1930)
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.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
- Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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.
- Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0