Digitaria radicosa

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 radicosa

Name

Digitaria radicosa (C.Presl) Miq.,Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 437 (1857)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Panicum radicosum J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 297 (1830)
Heterotypic
- Digitaria chinensis var. hirsuta Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 29 (1942)
- Digitaria formosana Rendle in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 323 (1904)
- Digitaria formosana var. hirsuta (Honda) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 265 (1950)
- Digitaria propinqua Gaudich. in Voy. Uranie: 410 (1829), nom. illeg.
- Digitaria radicosa var. hirsuta (Ohwi) C.C.Hsu in Fl. Taiwan 5: 549 (1978)
- Digitaria sanguinalis var. multinervis (Honda) Kitag. in Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 72 (1939)
- Digitaria sanguinalis var. timorensis (Kunth) Hayata in Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.: 95 (1916)
- Digitaria tenuispica Rendle in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 326 (1904)
- Digitaria timorensis (Kunth) Balansa in J. Bot. (Morot) 4: 138 (1890)
- Digitaria timorensis var. hirsuta (Ohwi) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 838 (1950)
- Digitaria timorensis subsp. kunthiana Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 994 (1950), not validly publ.
- Panicum formosanum (Rendle) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan: 1471 (1925)
- Panicum formosanum var. hirsutum (Honda) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan: 1472 (1925)
- Panicum radicosum var. procerior Fern.-Vill. in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3. 4(13A): 311 (1882)
- Panicum sanguinale var. multinerve (Honda) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan: 1476 (1925)
- Panicum sanguinale var. timorense (Kunth) Hack. in Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 41 (1901)
- Panicum timorense Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 83 (1833)
- Paspalum sanguinale var. timorense (Kunth) A.Camus in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 222 (1912)
- Spartina glabriuscula Hassk. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 18 (1844), nom. nud.
- Syntherisma formosana (Rendle) Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 122 (1924)
- Syntherisma formosana subsp. hirsuta (Honda) Masam. & Yanagita in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 31: 327 (1941)
- Syntherisma formosana var. hirsuta Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 123 (1924)
- Syntherisma multinervis (Honda) Honda in Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo Sect. IV 4: 105 (1936)
- Syntherisma sanguinalis var. multinervis Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 120 (1924)
- Syntherisma tenuispica (Rendle) Keng in Nat. Centr. Univ. Sci. Rep., Nanking, Ser. B 1(2): 54 (1930)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific
  - Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya
- Introduced into:ç
  - Aldabra, Cameroon, Canary Is., Hawaii, Madagascar, Madeira, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania, Venezuela

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

References

Primary references

Miquel, F.A.W., 1857. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 3:437.

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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Digitaria radicosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 October 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Digitaria radicosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Digitaria radicosa. Published online. Accessed: October 15 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Digitaria radicosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 红尾翎