Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Milium digitatum Sw.
• (=) Syntherisma digitatum (Sw.) Hitchc.

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• Mexico

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, [Saint Kitts] St. Vincent and Grenadines
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Chile (n.), Paraguay


Naturalized

Africa

• Africa

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Mississippi]

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14025. Accessed 3 July 2024.