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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Digitaria

Hierarchical position of the Genus Digitaria

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Tribus  Digitarieae J.J. Schmitz & Regel pub. Fl. Bonn.: 23, 28. 22-28 Aug 1841.    Genus  Digitaria Haller f. pub. (1768) common name: crabgrass

Named members of the Genus Digitaria

1	Species  abyssinica (A. Rich.) Stapf common name: African couchgrass
2	Species  adscendens (Kunth) Henr. syn. Digitaria ciliaris
3	Species  albicoma Swallen syn. Digitaria texana
4	Species  arenicola (Swallen) Beetle common name: sand crabgrass
5	Species  argillacea (A.S. Hitchc. & Chase) Fern. common name: tropical crabgrass
6	Species  bicornis (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes ex Loud. common name: Asian crabgrass
7	Species  californica (Benth.) Henr. common name: Arizona cottontop
8	Species  chinensis (Nees) A. Camus syn. Digitaria violascens
9	Species  ciliaris (Retz.) Koel. common name: southern crabgrass
10	Species  cognata (J.A. Schultes) Pilger
	11    Varietas  arenicola (Swallen) R. Webster syn. Digitaria arenicola 12    Varietas  cognata common name: Carolina crabgrass 13    Subspecies  pubiflora (Vasey ex L.H. Dewey) Wipff syn. Digitaria cognata var. pubiflora 14    Varietas  pubiflora Vasey ex L.H. Dewey common name: Carolina crabgrass
15	Species  cruciata (Nees ex Steudel) A. Camus common name: crabgrass
16	Species  decumbens Stent syn. Digitaria eriantha
17	Species  didactyla Willd. common name: crabgrass
18	Species  diversiflora Swallen syn. Digitaria bicornis
19	Species  dolichophylla Henr. common name: Caribbean crabgrass
20	Species  eggersii (Hack.) Henr. common name: Eggers' crabgrass
21	Species  eriantha Steudel
	22    Subspecies  eriantha common name: crabgrass 23    Subspecies  pentzii (Stent) Kok common name: woolly fingergrass
24	Species  exilis (Kippist) Stapf common name: fonio
25	Species  filiformis (L.) Koel.
	26    Varietas  villosa (Walt.) Fern. syn. Digitaria villosa
27	Species  floridana A.S. Hitchc. common name: Florida crabgrass
28	Species  fuscescens (J. Presl) Henr. common name: yellow crabgrass
29	Species  gracillima (Scribn.) Fern. common name: longleaf crabgrass
30	Species  hitchcockii (Chase) Stuckert common name: shortleaf crabgrass
31	Species  horizontalis Willd. common name: Jamaican crabgrass
32	Species  iburua Stapf common name: black fonio
33	Species  insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman common name: sourgrass
34	Species  ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl.
	35    Varietas  mississippiensis (Gattinger) Fern. syn. Digitaria ischaemum 36    Varietas  violascens (Link) Radford syn. Digitaria violascens
37	Species  laeviglumis Fern. syn. Digitaria filiformis
38	Species  longiflora (Retz.) Pers. common name: Indian crabgrass
39	Species  macroglossa Henr. syn. Digitaria natalensis
40	Species  microbachne (J. Presl) Henr. syn. Digitaria setigera
41	Species  milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf common name: Madagascar crabgrass
42	Species  natalensis Stent common name: Natal crabgrass
43	Species  nuda Schumacher common name: naked crabgrass
44	Species  panicea (Sw.) Urban common name: millet crabgrass
45	Species  paspaloides Michx. syn. Paspalum distichum
46	Species  patens (Swallen) Henr. common name: Texas cottontop
47	Species  pauciflora A.S. Hitchc. common name: twospike crabgrass
48	Species  pentzii Stent syn. Digitaria eriantha
49	Species  polevansii Stent syn. Digitaria seriata
50	Species  pruriens (Fisch. ex Trin.) B�se
	51    Varietas  microbachne (J. Presl) Fosberg syn. Digitaria setigera
52	Species  radicosa (Presl) Miq. common name: trailing crabgrass
53	Species  runyonii A.S. Hitchc. syn. Digitaria texana
54	Species  sanguinalis (L.) Scop.
	55    Varietas  ciliaris (Retz.) Parl. syn. Digitaria ciliaris 56    Varietas  marginata (Link) Fern. syn. Digitaria ciliaris 57    Varietas  rhachiseta (Henr.) Boivin syn. Digitaria ciliaris
58	Species  scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov. syn. Digitaria abyssinica
59	Species  seriata Stapf common name: crabgrass
60	Species  serotina (Walt.) Michx. common name: dwarf crabgrass
61	Species  setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes common name: East Indian crabgrass
62	Species  setivalva Stent common name: crabgrass
63	Species  similis Beetle ex Gould common name: roadside crabgrass
64	Species  simpsonii (Vasey) Fern. common name: Isle-of-Pines crabgrass
65	Species  smutsii Stent syn. Digitaria eriantha ssp. eriantha
66	Species  subcalva A.S. Hitchc. syn. Digitaria texana
67	Species  texana A.S. Hitchc. common name: Texas crabgrass
68	Species  valida Stent syn. Digitaria eriantha ssp. pentzii
69	Species  velutina (Forsk.) Beauv. common name: velvet crabgrass
70	Species  villosa (Walt.) Pers. common name: shaggy crabgrass
71	Species  violascens Link common name: violet crabgrass
72	Species  x umfolozi D.W. Hall in Turrialba common name: crabgrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.