Digitaria ternata

Digitaria ternata

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 ternata

Name

Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf, in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 376 (1898)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cynodon ternatus A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 405 (1850).
• Homotypic
  • Panicum ternatum (A.Rich.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 40 (1853).
  • Paspalum ternatum (A.Rich.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 17 (1896).
  • Syntherisma ternata (A.Rich.) Newbould, Torreya 24: 9 (1924).
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum phaeocarpum Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 22 (1841).
  • Panicum phaeocarpum var. gracile Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 23 (1841).
  • Panicum argyrostachyum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 40 (1853).
  • Digitaria ropalotricha Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 41 (1854).
  • Digitaria ropalotricha var. glabrescens Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 41 (1854).
  • Panicum ropalotrichum (Buse) Koord., Exkurs.-Fl. Java 1: 126 (1911).
  • Panicum ternatum f. glabrispiculum Fiori, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 23: 479 (1916).
  • Syntherisma argyrostachya (Steud.) Hitchc. & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 294 (1917).
  • Digitaria argyrostachya (Steud.) Fernald, Rhodora 22: 103 (1920).
  • Digitaria argyrostachya var. glabrescens (Buse) Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 61: 16 (1930), not validly publ.
  • Digitaria argyrostachya var. hirticulmis Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria: 49, 633, 889 (1950).
  • Digitaria ternata f. glabrispicula (Fiori) Cufod., Enum. Pl. Aeth.: 1333 (1969).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, St.Helena, Tasmania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. in W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 1898. Flora Capensis 7:376.

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. 2022. Digitaria ternata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Digitaria ternata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Digitaria ternata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 October 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Digitaria ternata. Published online. Accessed: October 08 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Digitaria ternata 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: 三数马唐

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