Digitaria

Digitaria
Digitaria sanguinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Anthephorinae
Genus:	Digitaria Haller 1768,[1] conserved name not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759 nor Scop. 1772 nor Adans. 1763[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
Digitaria Heist. ex Fabr. 1759, rejected name not Haller 1768 Valota Adans. 1763, rejected name not Dumort. 1829 Sanguinella Gleichen Syntherisma Walter Acicarpa Raddi Trichachne Nees Gramerium Desv. Elytroblepharum (Steud.) Schltdl. Eriachne Phil. 1870, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810 Sanguinaria Bubani Leptoloma Chase Digitariopsis C.E.Hubb. Digitariella De Winter Panicum sect. Digitaria (Haller) Trin. Panicum ser. Digitaria (Haller) Benth. Panicum ser. Digitarieae (Haller) Benth. Panicum subg. Digitaria (Haller) A. Gray Panicum subg. Digitaria (Haller) Hack. Paspalum sect. Digitaria (Haller) Nees Paspalum subg. Digitaria (Haller) A. Camus

Digitaria is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are slender monocotyledonous annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and forage plants; some are often considered lawn pests. Digitus is the Latin word for "finger", and they are distinguished by the long, finger-like inflorescences they produce.