# Digera

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|genus = Digera
|parent_authority = [Forssk.](/source/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/>
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thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Digera muricata in Theni, Cumbam Valley, Tamil Nadu, India.
'''''Digera muricata''''' is a species of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) belonging to the family [Amaranthaceae](/source/Amaranthaceae). It is the sole species in genus ''Digera''.<ref name = powo2/> It is an [annual](/source/annual_plant) 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](/source/Socotra)
*''Digera muricata'' subsp. ''trinervis'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} – northeastern and eastern tropical Africa from Sudan to Tanzania

==References==
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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

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