GRIN-Global

Genus Digitaria Haller

Homonym Digitaria Heist. ex Fabr.

Summary

Genus number:

3700

Last updated:

3 February 2017

Family:

Poaceae

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Anthephorinae

Common name(s):

crabgrass, finger grass

Accession count:

443 (425 active, 372 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

conserved (nom. cons.)(Melbourne ICN Art. 14.10 & App. III) over the earlier homonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 53) Digitaria Heist. ex Fabr., nom. rej.

List of species records in GRIN

Synonyms

Synonym(s)

Leptoloma Chase
Syntherisma Walter
Trichachne Nees
Valota Adans.
Digitariopsis C. E. Hubb.
Acicarpa Raddi
Digitariella De Winter
Elytroblepharum (Steud.) Schltdl.
Eriachne Phil.
Gramerium Desv.
Sanguinaria Bubani
Sanguinella Gleichen

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References:

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3700. Accessed 19 July 2025.