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Digitaria

The genus Digitaria is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Digitaria

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Digitaria abludens (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria abyssinica (A.Rich.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria acuminatissima Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria adamaouensis Zon Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria aequatoriensis (Hitchc.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria aequiglumis (Hack. & Arechav.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria alleizettei A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ammophila (Benth.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria andringitrensis A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria angolensis Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ankaratrensis A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria appropinquata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria argillacea (Hitchc. & Chase) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria argyrograpta (Nees) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria argyrotricha (Andersson) Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria aridicola Napper Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria aristulata (Steud.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria arushae Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria asthenes Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria atra Luces Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria atrofusca (Hack.) A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria badia (Scribn. & Merr.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria baileyi (Benth.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria bakeri (Nash) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria balansae Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria barbinodis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria bidactyla Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria bonplandii Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria brazzae (Franch.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria breedlovei R.W.Pohl & Davidse Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria breviglumis (Domin) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria brownii (Roem. & Schult.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria brunoana Raimondo Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria calcarata Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria caledonica Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria cardenasiana Gir.-Cañas Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria catamarcensis Rúgolo Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria cayoensis Swallen Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria chacoensis (Parodi) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria chaseae Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria clavitricha R.W.Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria coenicola (F.Muell.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria cognata (Schult.) Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria comifera Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria compacta (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria complanata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria compressa Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria connivens (Trin.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria corynotricha (Hack.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria costaricensis R.W.Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria cruciata (Nees) A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ctenantha (F.Muell.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria cuatrecasasii A.S. Vega & Rúgolo Accepted M TRO
Digitaria curtigluma Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria curvinervis (Hack.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria cuyabensis (Trin.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria debilis (Desf.) Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria delicata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria delicatula Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria diagonalis (Nees) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria didactyla Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria diffusa Vickery Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria dioica Killeen & Rúgolo Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria distans (Chase) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria divaricatissima (R.Br.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria diversinervis (Nees) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria doellii Mez Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria dolichophylla Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria dunensis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria duthieana Henrard ex Bor Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria effusa Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria eggersii (Hack.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ekmanii Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria eminens (Steud.) Backer Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria enodis (Hack.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria eriantha Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria eriostachya Mez Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria evrardii Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria eylesii C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fauriei Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fiebrigii (Hack.) A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria flaccida Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria floridana Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fragilis (Steud.) Luces Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fujianensis (Liou) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fulva Bosser Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fuscescens (J.Presl) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria fuscopilosa Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gardneri Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gaudichaudii (Kunth) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gayana (Kunth) A.Chev. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gazensis Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gentilis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gerdesii (Hack.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gibbosa (R.Br.) P.Beauv. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria glauca A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gracillima (Scribn.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria griffithii (Hook.f.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gymnostachys Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria gymnotheca Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hengduanensis L.Liou Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria henrardii Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria henryi Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hentyi Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria herpocladus Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria heterantha (Hook.f.) Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hitchcockii (Chase) Hauman & Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hololeuca Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria horizontalis Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hubbardii Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria humbertii A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hyalina Robyns & Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hydrophila Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria hystrichoides Vickery Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria iburua Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria imbricata R.D.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria incisa Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria induta Swallen Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria intecta Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria jansenii Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria jubata (Griseb.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria junghuhniana (Steud.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria killeenii Vega & Rúgolo Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria lanceolata R.D.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria lanuginosa (Nees) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria larsenii Bor Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria laxa (Rchb.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria lehmanniana Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria leiantha (Hack.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria leptalea Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria leptorhachis (Pilg.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria leucitis (Trin.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria leucostachya (Domin) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria macroblephara (Hack.) Paoli Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria madagascariensis Bosser Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria maitlandii Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria maniculata Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria manongarivensis A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria mariannensis Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria megasthenes Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria melanotricha Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria mezii Kaneh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria minima R.D.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria minoriflora Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria mollicoma (Kunth) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria monobotrys (Van der Veken) Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria monodactyla (Nees) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria monodii Veldkamp Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria monopholis Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria montana Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria multiflora Swallen Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria myriostachya (Hack.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria myurus Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria natalensis Stent Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria neesiana Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria neghellensis J.-P.Lebrun Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria nematostachya (F.M.Bailey) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria nodosa Parl. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria nonobotrys (Van der Veken) Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria nuda Schumach. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria oraria R.D.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria orbata Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pampinosa Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria paniculata Soderstr. ex McVaugh Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria papposa (R.Br.) P.Beauv. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria paraguayensis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria parodii Jacq.-Fél. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria parva Swallen Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria parviflora (R.Br.) Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria patagiata Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria patens (Swallen) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pauciflora Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pearsonii Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pellita Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pennata (Hochst.) T.Cooke Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria perpusilla Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria perrieri A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria perrottetii (Kunth) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria petelotii Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria phaeothrix (Trin.) Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria phaeotricha (Chiov.) Robyns Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria philippinensis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pinetorum Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pittieri (Hack.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria planiculmis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria platycarpha (Trin.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria poggeana Mez Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria polybotryoides Robyns & Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria polyphylla Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria porrecta S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria procurrens Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria psammophila Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pseudodiagonalis Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pulchra Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria purpurea Swallen Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria pusilla Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria quinhonensis A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria radicosa (Miq,) Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ramularis (Trin.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria recta Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria redheadii (C.E.Hubb.) Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria remotigluma (De Winter) Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria rivae (Chiov.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria rukwae Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria runyonii C.L.Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sabulicola Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sacchariflora (Raddi) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sacculata Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria schmitzii Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sejuncta (Hack. ex Pilg.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sellowii (C.Muell.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria seriata Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria serotina (Walter) Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria setifolia Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria setigera Roth Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria siamensis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria siderograpta Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria similis Beetle ex Gould Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria simpsonii (Vasey) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria singularis Mez Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria sparsifructus Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria stenostachya Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria stenotaphrodes (Steud.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria stewartiana Bor Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria stricta Roth Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria subcorymbosa (A.Camus) A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria subsulcata Robyns & Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria swalleniana Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tararensis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tenuifolia Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tenuis (Nees) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria texana Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria thouaresiana (Flüggé) A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria thwaitesii (Hack.) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria thyrsoidea Balansa Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tisserantii Jacq.-Fél. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tomentosa (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tonsa Hughes Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria tricholaenoides Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria trinervis Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ursulae H.Scholz Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria velutina (Forssk.) P.Beauv. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria venezuelae Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria ventriosa Van der Veken Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria villiculmis Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria villosa (Walter) Pers. Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria violascens Link Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria wallichiana (Steud.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Digitaria xanthotricha (Hack.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 624 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Digitaria. Of these 260 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 240 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Digitaria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 624 species names for the genus Digitaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 260 41.7%
◕ Synonym 348 55.8%
◕ Unplaced 5 0.8%
◕ Unassessed 11 1.8%

All names

The status of the 864 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Digitaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 274 31.7%
◕ Synonym 574 66.4%
◕ Unplaced 5 0.6%
◕ Unassessed 11 1.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 624 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Digitaria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 259 319 0 0 578 92.6%
Medium confidence 1 28 0 0 29 4.6%
Low confidence 0 1 5 11 17 2.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Digitaria, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 28 0 8 0 37 5.9%
WCSP 259 320 5 3 0 587 94.1%