Digitaria ciliaris
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64402fb4dc36a459928817 |
| Scientific name | Digitaria ciliaris |
| Authority | (Retz.) Koeler |
| First published in | Descr. Gram. [Koeler] 27. 1802 |
Description Top
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Digitaria ciliaris, also known as southern crabgrass, tropical finger-grass, or summer grass, is a tough annual plant that is native to Asia but can now be found in many tropical and temperate regions. It is considered an invasive species and aggressive weed in certain countries. Along with other species, it is often one of the first plants to colonize degraded or altered environments in tropical areas. This grass can grow up to 1 meter tall and has linear leaves and sub-digitate racemes at the top of its stem. It is also used as a forage crop for livestock, particularly the cultivars Red River Crabgrass, 'Impact', and 'Quick-n-Big', which are highly nutritious and respond well to nitrogen fertilizer.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Asprella digitaria | Lam. | Tabl. Encycl. 1: 167 (1791) |
| Asprella digitata | Lam. | Tabl. Encycl. 1: 167 (1791) |
| Digitaria abortiva | Reeder | J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 291 (1948) |
| Digitaria adscendens | (Kunth) Henrard | Blumea 1: 92 (1934) |
| Digitaria adscendens subsp. chrysoblephara | (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard | Monogr. Digitaria : 125 (1950) |
| Digitaria adscendens subsp. marginata | (Link) Henrard | Monogr. Digitaria : 998 (1950) |
| Digitaria adscendens subsp. nubica | (Stapf) Henrard | Monogr. Digitaria 431. 1950 (1950) |
| Digitaria adscendens var. criniformis | Henrard | Monogr. Digitaria 255. 1950 |
| Digitaria adscendens var. pes-avis | (Buse) Henrard | Monogr. Digitaria 552. 1950 |
| Digitaria adscendens var. sericea | (Honda) Henrard | Monogr. Digitaria 679. 1950 |
| Digitaria biformis var. chrysoblephara | (Fig. & De Not.) Beetle | Phytologia 49: 38 1981 |
| Digitaria brevifolia | Link | Hort. Berol. 1: 225 (1827) |
| Digitaria chrysoblephara | Fig. & De Not. | Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino , ser. 2, 14: 364 (1853) |
| Digitaria ciliaris subsp. chrysoblephara | (Fig. & De Not.) R.B.Majumdar | Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 25: 76 (1971) |
| Digitaria ciliaris subsp. marginata | (Link) Jain & Doli Das | Indian Forester 99: 572 (1973) |
| Digitaria ciliaris var. chrysoblephara | (Fig. & De Not.) R.R.Stewart | Kew Bull. 29: 444 (1974) |
| Digitaria ciliaris var. fimbriata | (Link) Jain & Doli Das | Indian Forester 99: 572 (1973) |
| Digitaria ciliaris var. nubica | (Stapf) S.T.Blake | Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 81: 12 1969 |
| Digitaria ciliaris var. pes-avis | (Buse) Jain & Doli Das | Indian Forester 99: 572 (1973) |
| Digitaria ciliaris var. sericea | (Honda) Jain & Doli Das | Indian Forester 99: 573 (1973) |
| Digitaria ciliata | Lag. | Elench. Pl. : 6 (1816) |
| Digitaria fimbriata | Link | Hort. Berol. 1: 226 (1827) |
| Digitaria inaequalis | Link | Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 224. 1827 [1 Oct-27 Nov 1827] |
| Digitaria marginata | Link | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 102. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] |
| Digitaria marginata var. ciliaris | (Retz.) Ridl. | Fl. Malay Penins. 5: 214. 1925 |
| Digitaria marginata var. fimbriata | (Link) Stapf in Prain | Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 440 (1919) |
| Digitaria pes-avis | Buse | Pl. Jungh. , prepr.: 40 (1854) |
| Digitaria sanguinalis f. ciliaris | (Retz.) Haines | Bot. Bihar Orissa 1008 1924 |
| Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. ciliaris | (Retz.) Parl. | Fl. Ital. 1: 72 1850 |
| Digitaria sanguinalis var. ciliaris | (Retz.) Parl. | Fl. Ital. 1: 126 1850 |
| Digitaria sanguinalis var. fimbriata | (Link) Merr. | Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 55. 1923 |
| Digitaria sanguinalis var. marginata | Fernald | Rhodora 22: 103 (1920) |
| Digitaria sasakii | (Honda) Tuyama | J. Jap. Bot. 18: 13 (1942) |
| Digitaria sericea | (Honda) Ohwi | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 28 (1942) |
| Digitaria tarapacana | Phil. | Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile (1892) 80. |
| Leersia digitata | Poir. | Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3. 329. 1813 [24 Sep 1813] |
| Milium ciliare | (Retz.) Moench | Suppl. Meth. 66. 1802 (1802) |
| Milium ciliatum | Moench | Suppl. Meth. : 66 (1802) |
| Panicum adscendens | Kunth | Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 97 (1816) |
| Panicum brachyphyllum | Steud. | Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 42 (1853) |
| Panicum brevifolium | Kunth | Révis. Gramin. 1: 32 (1829) |
| Panicum ciliare | Retz. | Observ. Bot. 4: 16 (1786) |
| Panicum fimbriatum | Kunth | Révis. Gramin. 1: 33 (1829) |
| Panicum henryi | (Rendle) Makino & Nemoto | Fl. Japan , ed. 2: 1367 (1931) |
| Panicum inaequale | E.Fourn. & E.Fourn. | Mexic. Pl. 2: 17 (1886) |
| Panicum linkianum | Kunth | Révis. Gramin. i. 33. |
| Panicum marginellum | Schrad. | Linnaea 12: 428. 1838 (1838) |
| Panicum ornithopus | Trin. | Neue Entd. 2: 83 (1821) |
| Panicum pes-avis | (Buse) Koord. | Exkurs.-Fl. Java 1: 128. 1911 (1911) |
| Panicum sanguinale subsp. marginatum | Thell. | Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 64: 699 (1919) |
| Panicum sanguinale var. ciliare | (Retz.) Vasey | Bull. Div. Bot. U.S.D.A. 8: 23. 1889 |
| Panicum sanguinale var. fimbriatum | (Link) A.Usteri | Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 50: 455. 1905 |
| Panicum sanguinale var. longiglume | Trin. ex Nees | Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 100 (1829) |
| Panicum villiferum | Nees | Linnaea 19: 687 (1847) |
| Paspalum ciliare | DC. | Fl. Franç. , ed. 3, 5: 250 (1815) |
| Paspalum inaequale | Link | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 103. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] |
| Paspalum sanguinale var. ciliare | (Retz.) Hook.f. | Fl. Brit. India 7: 15. 1896 |
| Sanguinaria ciliaris | (Retz.) Bubani | Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 4: 257. [Dec 1901-Feb 1902] |
| Spartina pubera | Hassk. | Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt. : 18 (1844) |
| Syntherisma ciliaris | (Retz.) Schrad. | Fl. Germ. 160. 1806 (1806) |
| Syntherisma fimbriata | (Link) Nash | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 302 (1898) |
| Syntherisma marginata | (Link) Nash | N. Amer. Fl. 17(2): 154. 1912 [18 Sep 1912] |
| Syntherisma sanguinalis subsp. ciliaris | (Retz.) Masamura & Yanagih. | Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 31: 327 1941 |
| Syntherisma sanguinalis var. ciliaris | (Retz.) Honda | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 120. 1924 |
| Syntherisma sasakii | Honda | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 41 (1925) |
| Syntherisma sericeum | Honda | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 127 (1924) |
| Digitaria ciliaris subsp. chrysoblephara | (Fig. & De Not.) S.T.Blake | Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 81(1): 12 1969 |
| Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. ciliaris | (Retz.) Arcang. | Comp. Fl. Ital. 762 1882 |
| Digitaria chinensis | Hornem. | Suppl. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 8 (1819) |
| Syntherisma sanguinale var. ciliare | (Retz.) Honda | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 120 1924 |
| Syntherisma sanguinale subsp. ciliare | (Retz.) Masam. & Yanagih. | Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 31: 327 1941 |
| Digitaria marginata var. nubica | Stapf | Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 441. 1919 |
| Digitaria ciliaris subsp. nubica | (Stapf) Jain & Doli Das | Indian Forester 99: 573 (1973) |
| Digitaria ciliaris var. criniformis | (Henr.) R.B.Majumdar | Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 25: 76 (1971) |
| Digitaria inaequale | (Link) Spreng. | Syst. Veg. 1: 271 1825 |
| Digitaria ciliaris f. albovariegata | T.Oishi | J. Geobot. 23: 74 (1976) |
| Panicum linkianum var. minus | E.Fourn. | Mexic. Pl. 2: 17 (1886) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | southern crabgrass |
| English | summer grass |
| English | tropical finger-grass |
| English | wild crabgrass, bamboo grass, crabgrass, henry's crabgrass, large crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, southern crabgrass, summer grass, tropical crab grass, tropical finger grass |
| Spanish | pasto pangola |
| Spanish | digitaria pentzii var minor |
| Spanish | digitaria pentzii var stolonifera |
| Spanish | digitaria pentzii var. minor |
| Spanish | digitaria pentzii var. stolonifera |
| Spanish | digitaria smutsii |
| Spanish | digitaria valida |
| Spanish | digitaria valida var glauca |
| Spanish | digitaria valida var. glauca |
| Spanish | pangola |
| Spanish | panicum ciliare |
| Spanish | digitaria commutata subsp. eriantha |
| Spanish | pasto pongola |
| Spanish | yerba pangola |
| Spanish | yerba pongola |
| Spanish | digitaria glauca |
| Spanish | digitaria dinteri |
| Spanish | digitaria decumbens |
| Spanish | digitaria commutata subsp eriantha |
| Spanish | digitaria bechuanica |
| Spanish | digitaria setivalva |
| Spanish | digitaria stentiana |
| Spanish | digitaria geniculata |
| Spanish | digitaria pentzii |
| Spanish | digitaria eriantha |
| Czech | rosička přehlížená |
| Welsh | byswellt trofannol |
| Finnish | ripsiverihirssi |
| Japanese | メヒシバ |
| Korean | 바랭이 |
| Swedish | franshirs |
| Chinese | 纖毛馬唐 |
| Chinese | 升馬唐 |
| Chinese | 纤毛马唐 |
| Chinese | 毛马唐 |
| Chinese | 升马唐 |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000863807 |
| Florida Plant Atlas | 2222 |
| Flora of Alabama | 4758 |
| USDA Plants | DICI |
| Tropicos | 25509499 |
| INPN | 94972 |
| Flora of Italy | 7794 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1038558-2 |
| The Plant List | kew-408848 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 443847 |
| Observations.org | 117221 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 66018 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0000033482 |
| Nature Serve | 2.140838 |
| IPNI | 70030121-1 |
| iNaturalist | 76657 |
| GBIF | 5289998 |
| EPPO | DIGAD |
| EOL | 1114305 |
| Elurikkus | 4373 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 9861 |
| USDA GRIN | 13998 |
| Wikipedia | Digitaria_ciliaris |
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