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Digitaria insularis (Poaceae)

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Presented here is summary information about the species Digitaria insularis from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information--or to report corrections or concerns--contact webmaster@hear.org.

Synonyms/other Latin names: [ see GRIN ]

Status(es) (compiled for below "Data sources"): agricultural weed, environmental weed, naturalised, weed [for definitions, see the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format.]

Origin (native to where): [no info]


Data sources:

Actual and Prospective Weeds. Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk Project; http://www.hear.org/pier/ (weed) [ online info ]

Important Weed Species in Crops and Countries. Data stored from 59 developing countries and regularly updated. (Information kindly provided by Dr Dionisio P. Gazziero) FAO Weed Management, Ricardo Labrada. (agricultural weed)

Important Weed Species in Crops and Countries. Data stored from 59 developing countries and regularly updated. (Information kindly provided by Mr Martin Lindo and Mr Fulton Barry Palacio) Note: For more information on weeds of the Caribbean you may consult Weeds of the lesser Antilles. 1991. Prepared by Jacques Fournet and John L. Hammerton INRA Paris France 214 p. FAO Weed Management, Ricardo Labrada. (agricultural weed)

AgroInformacoes Plantas Daninhas - Brasil (Problematic Plants of Agriculture in Brazil). (agricultural weed)

Argentina AGRO Management Malezas Incluidas. Argentinian Software Development Company. (weed)

Garcia, J.G., MacBryde, B., Molina, A.R. and Herrera-MacBryde, O. (1975) Prevalent Weeds of Central America. International Plant Protection Centre, El Salvador. (weed)

Germplasm Resources Information Network G.R.I.N. GRIN (naturalised)

Henty, E.E. and Pritchard, G.S. (1973) Weeds of New Guinea and their control. Botany Bulletin N°7. Department of Forests. Div. of Botany. Lae, P.N.G. (All plants illustrated, kept in Agency library) (weed)

Holm, L. G., Pancho, J. V., Herberger, J. P. and Plucknett, D. L. (1979). A Geographical Atlas of World Weeds. John Wiley and Sons NewYork, USA (weed)

HortGuard and GrainGuard Initial Threat List Compilations (agricultural weed)

I3N-Paraguay Datasets. Naturalised Flora. (naturalised, weed)

Introduced (Naturalised) Flora of Ecuador: Catalogs on Web site of owners: http://www.ambiente.gov.ec/AMBIENTE/i3n2000 I3N.htm (If this link is broken, try www.ambiente.gov.ec, then access the data by clicking on "Ecuador Megadiverso" link at the top, then on "Biodiversidad del Ecuador" on the right, then on ""I3N"" on the left.) (naturalised) [ online info ]

John Hosking, NSW Department of Agriculture, Weed Database 30 April 2003 (naturalised)

Kissman, K.G. (1991). Plantas Infestantes e Nocivas. Vol 1 - 2nd Ed. BASF. (weed)

Lorenzi, H. (2000). Plantas daninhas do Brasil. Terrestres, Aquaticas, Parasitas e Toxicas. 3rd Edition. Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora Ltda (weed)

Marzocca, A. (1994). Guia Descriptiva De Malezas Del Cono Sur. Instituto Nacional De Tecnologia Agropecuaria. (weed)

Mitchell, A.A. and Waterhouse, B.M. (1998) Northern Australian Quarantine Service, Weeds Target List. 2nd Ed. Misc. Pub. No. 6/98. AQIS Canberra. NAQS.

Molina A.R. (1999). Malezas presentes en la Zona (Templada), Subtropical y Tropical de, América del Sur - parte 1. (weed)

Motooka, P., Castro, l., Nelson, D., Nagai, G. and Ching, L. (2003) Weeds of Hawai'I's Pastures and Natural Areas. An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai'I at Manoa. (agricultural weed, environmental weed)

Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems. A product of the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER). This table lists all species that are profiled on PIER. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Jim Space, PEIR Co-ordinator. (environmental weed)

Plants Naturalised in Hawai'i. Bishop Musem, Oahu. DISCLAIMER: Be it known to all who use this web resource, that this is NOT intended to represent a complete, definitive, or authoritative checklist of the flora and fauna of the Hawaiian Islands. This is a Beta-Test site that makes available online a copy of the taxonomic database currently used by the Bishop Museum Botany collection for its collections databases. Some groups in this list have been thoroughly scrutinized and do, in fact, represent an essentially complete checklist for the Hawaiian Islands. Other groups, however, are NOT complete, and only represent an unverified listing of what happens to be in the Bishop Museum specimen collection database. (naturalised)

Randall (2001) List of Weeds of Pineapples. Prepared for part of the response to the AFFA Pineapple Review. (agricultural weed)

Randall, R.P., Mitchell, A.A. & Waterhouse, B.M. (1999) Tropical Weeds Report. Internal Report to Manager of Plant Industry Protection, Dept of Agriculture, Western Australia. (weed)

Seja Bem Vindo ao Site Plantas Daninhas Aqui você encontrará diversas informaçoes, que estao sendo constantemente atualizadas. (March 2002) (weed)

Waterhouse, D.F. (1997). The Major Invertebrate Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Plantation Foresty in the Southern and Western Pacific ACIAR Canberra (agricultural weed)



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