Digitaria violascens
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Digitaria violascens Link
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A.Camus (taxonomic synonym)
- Digitaria recta Hughes (taxonomic synonym)
- Digitaria violescens P.S.Green (orthographic variant)
- Panicum steudelianum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Paspalum chinense Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Paspalum minutiflorum Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
- Paspalus chinensis Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Axonopus affinis Chase (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_2 (21), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 50 records in 11 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 378 mm2 (378-378 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 140 mm (30-250 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (2-7 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (3); tussock (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.41 mg (0.41-0.41 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.46 m (0.15-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 18 | 21 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 5 | 6 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 2 | 2 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2023 | 2 | 2 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |