Taxonomic novelties and synopsis of the genus Digitaria (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

VEGA, A. S; RÚGOLO, ZULMA ESTHER; FRANKLIN S. AXELROD

DARWINIANA

INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DARWINION

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2018 vol. 6 p. 164 - 168

0011-6793

The present paper reports 18 taxa of Digitaria in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as a contributionto an ongoing floristic project. Digitaria filiformis var. dolichophylla, D. fragilis, D. sacchariflora, and D.similis constitute new reports. Digitaria ekmanii, D. fuscescens, D. panicea, and Digitaria × umfolozi areexcluded taxa. This contribution includes synonymy, iconography, geographic distribution and habitat,vernacular names, specimens examined and a key for the identification of taxa. Digitaria filiformis var.dolichophylla is fully illustrated for the first time.