Digitaria panicea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Anthephorinae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: Digitaria panicea

Name

Digitaria panicea (Sw.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 8: 23 (1920)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Axonopus paniceus (Sw.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 12 (1812)
    • Milium paniceum Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 24 (1788)
    • Syntherisma panicea (Sw.) Nash in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 17: 152 (1912)
  • Heterotypic
    • Agrostis jamaicensis Poir. in Encycl., Suppl. 1: 258 (1810)

Homonyms

  • Digitaria panicea Willd. ex Steud in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 508 (1840), pro syn. vide Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 52 (1771)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Souteastern USA
      • Florida
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Urban, I. 1920–1921. Symbolae Antillanae, seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. 8. 860 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. : 8: 23

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • español: Pata de gallina