Digitaria setigera


 
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syn. Digitaria consanguinea, Digitaria microbachne, Digitaria pruriens, Digitaria pruriens var. microbachne, Panicum microbachne, Panicum pruriens, Paspalum sanguinale var. pruriens, Syntherisma consanguinea, Syntherisma microbachne, Syntherisma pruriens

 
distributon: (within Polynesia)

Fiji: Nayau, Rotuma
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, Ni'ihau, O'ahu
Marquesas: Fatu Hiva, Hatutaa, Mohotani, Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou
Norfolk Islands: Norfolk Island
Samoa: Fanuatapu, Namu'a, Nu'ulua, Nu'utele, Ofu, Ta'u, Tutuila
Society Islands: Bora Bora, Maupiti, Me'eti'a, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Tahiti, Tetiaroa
Tokelau: Fakaofo, Nukunonu
Tonga: Ata, Nuku, Pangaimotu
Tuamotu Archipelago: Aukena, Mangareva (Gambier Islands); Niau
Tubuai Islands: Marotiri, Raivavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai
Wallis and Futuna: Futuna, Uvea

 
native name:

kukaepua'a - Hawai'i Islands
kukae puaa - Hawai'i Islands
matie - Tubuai Islands
mau'u kukaepua'a - Hawai'i Islands
moku - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
nanamu - Society Islands; Tubuai Islands
nanamu tumu - Society Islands

 
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Digitaria setigera

Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)
 
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Digitaria setigera


Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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