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Digitaria eriostachya
Scientific Name: Digitaria eriostachya
Family: Poaceae
Category: Monocot
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Digitaria eriostachya
Digitaria eriostachya, described by Carl Christian Mez, belongs to the genus Digitaria (Finger-grass) and the family Poaceae (Grass family).
Taxonomy and Nomenclature:
- Scientific Name: Digitaria eriostachya Mez
- Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
- Genus: Digitaria
- Synonym: Digitaria fallens (as a synonym of Digitaria eriostachya)
Distribution and Habitat
- The plant is found in Paraguay, as documented in the Checklist of vascular plants of the eembuc Department.
Morphological Characteristics
- It is an annual plant.
- Culms are geniculately ascending, meaning they bend abruptly and then grow upwards.
- Culms are typically 20-100 cm long and can root from the lower nodes.
- Culm-nodes are glabrous (smooth, without hairs).
- It has ample lateral branches.
Genetic Information
- Genetic studies have been conducted to assess the genetic similarity between D. eriostachya and other Digitaria species, such as D. tenata, using AFLP markers.
Resources
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) in the Catalogue of Life.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
- Encyclopedia of Life.
- The Plant List.
- IPNI (International Plant Names Index).
- Australian Plant Name Index.
- NYBG Virtual Herbarium (New York Botanical Garden).
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.