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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Digitaria

African couchgrass
cottontop
crabgrass
fonio
sourgrass

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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