Digitaria ciliaris




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler
Synonyms Digitaria abortiva Reeder; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard subsp. chrysoblephara (Figari & De Notaris) Henrard; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard subsp. marginata (Link) Henrard; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard subsp. nubica (Stapf) Henrard; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard var. criniformis Henrard; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard var. fimbriata (Link) Cufodontis; Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard var. sericea (Honda) Henrard; Digitaria barbulata Desv.Digitaria biformis Wildenow; Digitaria biformis Wildenow subsp. gamblei Henrard; Digitaria biformis Wildenow subsp. desvauxii Henrard; Digitaria biformis Wildenow subsp. willdenowii Henrard; Digitaria brevifolia Link; Digitaria chinensis Hornemann; Digitaria chrysoblephara Figari & De Notaris; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler subsp. chrysoblephara (Figari & De Notaris) S. T. Blake; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler subsp. marginata (Link) S. K. Jain & Doli Das; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler subsp. nubica (Stapf) S. T. Blake; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler var. chrysoblephara (Figari & De No­taris) R. R. Stewart; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler var. criniformis (Henrard) R. R. Stewart; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler var. criniformis (Henrard) R. B. Majumdar; Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler var. fimbriata (Link) S. K. Jain & Doli Das; Digitaria commutata Schultes; Digitaria fimbriata Link; Digitaria henryi Rendle; Digitaria inaequalis (Link) Sprengel; Digitaria marginata Link; Digitaria marginata Link var. ciliaris (Retzius) Hooker f. ex Ridley; Digitaria marginata Link var. fimbriata (Link) Stapf; Digitaria marginata Link var. linkii Stapf; Digitaria marginata Link var. nubica Stapf; Digitaria nuda Schumacher subsp. senegalensis Henrard; Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli; Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli forma ciliaris (Retzius) Hooker f. ex Haines; Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli var. ciliaris (Retzius) Parlatore; Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli var. fimbriata (Link) Stapf ex Merrill; Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli var. marginata (Link) Fernald; Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli var. rhachiseta (Henrard) Boivin; Digitaria sericea (Honda) Honda; Digitaria tarapacana Philippi; Milium ciliatum Moench; Panicum adscendens Kunth; Panicum aegyptiacum Retzius var. blepharanthum (Hackel ex T. Durand & Schinz) Chiovenda; Panicum brachyphyllum Steudel; Panicum brevifolium (Link) Kunth; Panicum ciliare Retzius; Panicum ciliare A. Richard; Panicum fimbriatum (Link) Kunth; Panicum glaucescens Nees von Esenbeck; Panicum henryi (Rendle) Makino & Nemoto; Panicum inaequale (Link) E. Fournier; Panicum linkianum Kunth; Panicum marginellum Schrader; Panicum neesii Kunth; Panicum ornithopus Trinius; Panicum sanguinale L. forma marginatum (Link) Döll; Panicum sanguinale L. subsp. marginatum (Link) Thellung; Panicum sanguinale L. var. biforme (Willdenow) Hackel ex T. Durand & Schinz; Panicum sanguinale L. var. blepharanthum Hackel ex T. Durand & Schinz; Panicum sanguinale L. var. ciliare (Retzius) Vasey; Panicum sanguinale L. var. ciliare Saint-Amans; Panicum sanguinale L. var. fimbriatum (Link) Uster; Digitaria sericea (Honda) Honda; Paspalum ciliare (Retzius) de Candolle; Paspalum inaequale Link; Paspalum sanguinale (L.) Lamarck var. ciliare (Retzius) Hooker f.; Paspalum sanguinale (L.) Lamarck var. rottleri Hooker f.; Sanguinaria ciliaris (Retzius) Bubani; Syntherisma ciliaris (Retzius) Schrader; Syntherisma fimbriatum (Link) Nash; Syntherisma henryi (Rendle) Newbold; Syntherisma marginatum (Link) Nash; Syntherisma sanguinale (L.) Dulac subsp. ciliare (Retzius) Masamune & Yanagihara; Syntherisma sanguinale (L.) Dulac var. ciliare (Retzius) Honda; Syntherisma sericea Honda
Common name (Japanese common name) me-hisiba [female ohishiba (ohishiba = Eleusine indica)]
(English common name) crabgrass, southern crabgrass, summer grass, tropical finger grass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, USA, Mexico, Southern America
Chromosomal number 2n=34, 36-48, 54
Description Culms 30-90cm. Leaves 8-20cm length, 5-15mm width. Flowers spikelets 2.8-3mm, flowering in July to November. Annual plants.
Reference Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler
Digitaria ciliaris (Retzius) Koeler
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koel
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler



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July 2007 at roadside