Welcome to Digitaria of Thailand

Digitaria Haller, crab grass, is a cosmopolitan genus placed in the subfamily Panicoideae ([1]). The size of the genus has steadily increased from about 170 species in Veldkamp [2], to 225 in Webster [3], to 240 in Clayton & Renvoize [1], and to 260 in Clayton et al. [4]. Digitaria species usually grow in grasslands or open and waste places but are also found in woodlands such asdipterocarp or mixed deciduous forests. Twenty-three indegenous species including two new species, three new record taxa and a reinsteted taxon have been reported in Thailand [5], [6].

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