Digitaria violascens

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Digitaria violascens Link
Common Name:Violet Crabgrass
Habitat:Disturbed areas.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Digitaria
Species Digitaria violascens Link - Violet Crabgrass

Citation

Citation Digitaria violascens Link, Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 229. 1827.
Basionym: **
Type: BRAZIL: Cult. at Berlin, Herb. Link 93 (holotype: B).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Digitaria chinensis Digitaria chinensis (Nees von Esenbeck) A. Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 4: 48. 1923, non Hornemann 1819.Paspalum chinense Nees von Esenbeck 1837. 
Digitaria fusca Digitaria fusca (J. Presl) Merrill, Philipp. J. Sci. 35: 4. 1928, non Chiovenda 1919.Paspalum fuscum J. Presl 1830. 
Digitaria recta Digitaria recta Hughes, Bull. Misc. Inform 1923: 311. 1923. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Without data, McGillivray s.n. (holotype: K).
Panicum steudelianum Panicum steudelianum Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 85: 296. 1915.Paspalum minutiflorum Steudel 1853, non Desvaux 1831. 
Panicum violascens Panicum violascens (Link) Kunth, Revis. Gramin. 33. 1829.Digitaria violascens Link 1827. 
Paspalum chinense Paspalum chinense Nees von Esenbeck, in Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 231. 1837. CHINA: Macau, s.d., Vachell s.n. (holotype: CGE).
Paspalum fuscum Paspalum fuscum J. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 214. 1830.  
Paspalum minutiflorum Paspalum minutiflorum Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 17. 1853, non Desvaux 1831. CHINA: Without data, Fortune 128 (holotype: P; isotypes: K, L, W).
Syntherisma chinense Syntherisma chinense (Nees von Esenbeck) Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 468. 1922.Paspalum chinense Nees von Esenbeck 1837. 
Syntherisma fuscum Syntherisma fuscum (J. Presl) Lamson-Scribner, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 10: 49. 1899.Paspalum fuscum J. Presl 1830. 
Syntherisma helleri Syntherisma helleri Nash, Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 798, t. 44. 1897. HAWAII: Oahu: Without locality, 16 May 1895, Heller 2321 (holotype: MINN; isotypes: K, L, P, US).
Syntherisma violascens Syntherisma violascens (Link) Nash, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 61: 488. 1910.Digitaria violascens Link 1827. 
Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens Digitaria ischaemum (Schreber ex Schweigger) Schreber ex Muhlenberg, var. violascens (Link) Radford, in Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172. 1964.Digitaria violascens Link 1827. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Cleburne, Colbert, Covington, Cullman, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1975 - 1975

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0018799 Monroe 16 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86968		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
TROY000012125 Pike 21 Aug 2000 Hall, James A.
148		 TROY
Digitaria violascens Link
TROY000026872 Choctaw 13 Aug 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12732		 TROY
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000024462 Choctaw 13 Aug 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12732		 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
UWAL0033027 Houston 22 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26973		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
UNA00003606 Tuscaloosa 13 Jul 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1258		 UNA
Digitaria violascens Link
TROY000043752 Houston 22 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26973		 TROY
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000016866 Lee 26 Jun 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
96		 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
UWAL0034081 Cullman 09 Aug 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14376		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000016867 Mobile Anonymous
 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
TROY000012124 Houston 10 Aug 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12515		 TROY
Digitaria violascens Link
TROY000044538 St. Clair 19 Sep 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13207		 TROY
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000033271 Cullman 9 Aug 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14376		 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
JSU109505 Bibb 22 Jul 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11636		 JSU
Digitaria violascens Link
UWAL0043053 Baldwin 23 Sep 2007 Larsen, Harry S.
1639		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000042771 Covington 1 Nov 2011 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.		 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
TROY000012123 Butler 30 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16971		 TROY
Digitaria violascens Link
ALNHS00004132 Colbert 22 Jul 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2429		 ALNHS
Digitaria violascens Link
JSU109506 Cleburne 23 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
408		 JSU
Digitaria violascens Link
UWAL0008959 Houston 10 Aug 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12515		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
UWAL0009978 St. Clair 19 Sep 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13207		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
UNA00003839 Tuscaloosa 29 Aug 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1273		 UNA
Digitaria violascens Link
JSU109510 Talladega 25 Aug 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10238		 JSU
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000016864 Barbour 2 Nov 1972 Bowers, John R.
177		 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
JSU109508 Mobile 03 Oct 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10448		 JSU
Digitaria violascens Link
UWAL0008958 Choctaw 13 Aug 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12732		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
AUA000016865 Choctaw 20 Oct 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1237		 AUA
Digitaria Violascens Link
ALNHS00000214 Mobile 3 Oct 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10448		 ALNHS
Digitaria violascens Link
UNA00065749 Butler 30 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16971		 UNA
Digitaria violascens Link
JSU109509 Randolph 11 Oct 1985 Nixon, Christopher F.
1365		 JSU
Digitaria violascens Link
UWAL0034224 Walker 12 Jul 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14335		 UWAL
Digitaria violascens Link
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