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

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

• (=) Digitaria consanguinea Gaudich.
• (=) Digitaria microbachne (J. Presl) Henrard
• (=) Digitaria pruriens (Fisch. ex Trin.) Büse
• (=) Panicum microbachne J. Presl
• (=) Panicum pruriens Fisch. ex Trin.
• (=) Syntherisma consanguineum (Gaudich.) Skeels
• (=) Syntherisma pruriens (Fisch. ex Trin.) Arthur

Common names:

• bristly crabgrass  (Source: Pl Names) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Seychelles

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Hainan Sheng]
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
• INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji


Naturalized

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Marshall Islands

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cayman Islands, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador

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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=14106. Accessed 1 July 2024.