Digitaria violascens: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name Language Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

cafer Yapese Yap (Waqab) Island Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1948)

crab grass English ? Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 324)

fatil Chuukese Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 35)

purple crabgrass English ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

sau Palauan Palau Islands (main island group) Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 7)

smooth crabgrass English ? Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

violet crabgrass English ? Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

zi ma tang Chinese ? Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)

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Language Location Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

Chinese ? zi ma tang Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)

Chuukese Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll fatil Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 35)

English ? crab grass Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 324)

English ? purple crabgrass U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

English ? smooth crabgrass Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

English ? violet crabgrass Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

Palauan Palau Islands (main island group) sau Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 7)

Yapese Yap (Waqab) Island cafer Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1948)

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Location Language Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

? Chinese zi ma tang Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)

? English crab grass Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 324)

? English purple crabgrass U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

? English smooth crabgrass Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

? English violet crabgrass Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

Palau Islands (main island group) Palauan sau Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 7)

Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll Chuukese fatil Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 35)

Yap (Waqab) Island Yapese cafer Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1948)

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Language Common name Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

Chinese zi ma tang ? Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)

Chuukese fatil Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 35)

English crab grass ? Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 324)

English purple crabgrass ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

English smooth crabgrass ? Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

English violet crabgrass ? Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)

Palauan sau Palau Islands (main island group) Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 7)

Yapese cafer Yap (Waqab) Island Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1948)

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This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 26 Feb 2019 by PIER.

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
cafer	Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1948)
crab grass	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 324)
fatil	Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 35)
purple crabgrass	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
sau	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 7)
smooth crabgrass	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)
violet crabgrass	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1532)
zi ma tang	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)