TAXONOMY AND SEEDLING MORPHOLOGY OF SIX SPECIES OF DIGITARIA (POACEAE) FROM VINDHYAN REGION, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA.

Present paper incorporates the taxonomic study of six species of genus Digitaria Heist. Ez. Fab., family Poaceae, viz. D. abludens, D. ciliaris, D. griffithii, D. longiflora, D. ternate and D. violascens, collected from Vindhyan Region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Seedling morphology of reported taxa have also been recorded. Taxonomic key to the mature plants and seedlings have been prepared. Attributes pertaining to Ligule, Collet and Scutellum have been found significant for differentiation of reported grass species at seedling stage.