{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Digera |parent_authority = Forssk. (1775) |species = muricata |authority = (L.) Mart. (1926) |subdivision_ranks = Subspecies and varieties |subdivision = *''Digera muricata'' var. ''macroptera'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} *''Digera muricata'' subsp. ''muricata'' *''Digera muricata'' var. ''patentipilosa'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} *''Digera muricata'' subsp. ''trinervis'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo2>{{cite web |title=''Digera muricata'' (L.) Mart. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60279-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404233545/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60279-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |synonyms = *''Eclotoripa'' {{small|Raf. (1837)}} *''Pseudodigera'' {{small|Chiov. (1936)}} *''Achyranthes muricata'' {{small|L. (1762)}} *''Amaranthus frutescens'' {{small|Dum.Cours. (1802), nom. illeg.}} *''Chamissoa muricata'' {{small|(L.) Spreng. (1824)}} *''Cladostachys muricata'' {{small|(L.) Moq. (1849)}} *''Desmochaeta muricata'' {{small|(L.) DC. (1813)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo1>{{cite web |title=''Digera'' Forssk. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1183-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417075646/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1183-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = powo2/> }}
thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Digera muricata in Theni, Cumbam Valley, Tamil Nadu, India. '''''Digera muricata''''' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Digera''.<ref name = powo2/> It is an annual native to parts of Africa and Asia, ranging from Egypt to Tanzania in eastern Africa, and to Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, southeastern China, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.<ref name=powo2/>
==Subdivisions== Four subdivisions are recognized: *''Digera muricata'' var. ''macroptera'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} – eastern Africa, from Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania *''Digera muricata'' subsp. ''muricata'' – Egypt, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, southeastern China, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and Maluku *''Digera muricata'' var. ''patentipilosa'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} – southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and Socotra *''Digera muricata'' subsp. ''trinervis'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} – northeastern and eastern tropical Africa from Sudan to Tanzania
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Category:Amaranthaceae Category:Monotypic Amaranthaceae genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Plants described in 1762 Category:Flora of Egypt Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Category:Flora of East Tropical Africa Category:Flora of Madagascar Category:Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Category:Flora of Afghanistan Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent Category:Flora of Myanmar Category:Flora of Southeast China Category:Flora of Java Category:Flora of the Maluku Islands Category:Flora of Sumatra Category:Flora of Sulawesi