Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman
Nomencl. ref.: Ark. Bot. 11(4): 17. 1912
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Sourgrass
English name: sour grass
Spanish name: rabo de zorra
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Andropogon insulare L.
= Trichachne insularis (L.) Nees
= Trichachne nutans (L.) Baum
= Valota insularis (L.) Chase
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Digitaria
Species:
Page counter: 2644 ( AVG: 221.11 / 219.791 )
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Digitaria insularis
Habit at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Inflorescences at Lua Makika, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Voucher 050404 26 at Hulu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Habit at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Voucher 060228 12 at Moku Manu, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Voucher 050404 18 at Mokeehia, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Habit at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Habit at Alau, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
View Aawanui and Aawaiki at Hulu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Habit with Laysan albatross at Old hospital field Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Voucher 050418 22 at Kapapa, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Seedheads at East of northsouth runway Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Digitaria insularis
Habit at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AZ, FL, HI, IL, MS, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl. [1695]
2) Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl. var. violascens (Link) Radford [187]
3) Digitaria laeviglumis Fernald [256]
4) Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. [283]
5) Digitaria microbachne (J. Presl) Henr. [174]
6) Digitaria monodactyla (Nees) Stapf [excluded] [226]
7) Digitaria pauciflora Hitchc. [235]
8) Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. var. ciliaris (Retz.) Parl. [192]
9) Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roem. & Schult. [2384]
10) Dillenia indica L. [1299]
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