Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
Distribution
Native to:
Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Queensland, St.Helena
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Panicum abyssinicum Hochst. ex A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 360 (1850)
- Syntherisma abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Newbould in Torreya 24: 8 (1924)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria abyssinica var. micrantha Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 60 (1930)
- Digitaria abyssinica var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 213 (1907)
- Digitaria ciliaris Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 659 (1925), nom. illeg.
- Digitaria effusa Veldkamp in Blumea 44: 447 (1999)
- Digitaria eichingeri Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921)
- Digitaria hackelii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 459 (1919)
- Digitaria hentyi Veldkamp in Blumea 26: 391 (1980)
- Digitaria lemeeana A.Camus in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 51 (1945)
- Digitaria merkeri Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921)
- Digitaria mutica Rendle in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 229 (1911), nom. superfl.
- Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov. in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 225 (1916)
- Digitaria scalarum var. elgonensis C.E.Hubb. & Snowden in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 111 (1934)
- Digitaria somalensis Chiov. in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 224 (1916)
- Digitaria tangaensis Henrard in Blumea 1: 103 (1934)
- Digitaria velutina var. glabrescens Gilli in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 39 (1966)
- Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not. in Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 14: 356 (1853)
- Digitaria vestita subvar. elgonensis (C.E.Hubb. & Snowden) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 670 (1950)
- Digitaria vestita var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 670 (1950)
- Panicum hackelii Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 118 (1901), nom. illeg.
- Panicum kafuroense K.Schum. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 334 (1897)
- Panicum muticum A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 362 (1850), nom. illeg.
- Panicum scalarum Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 20 (1894)
- Panicum scalarum var. elatius Chiov. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 166 (1896)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Boonsuk, B., Chantaranothai, P. & Hodkinson, T.R. (2016). A taxonomic revision of the genus Digitaria (Panicoideae: Poaceae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 246: 248-280.
- Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
- Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2012). A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacensis. Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 127-149. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 9: 460
- Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 1. (1950)
- in Kew Bull. 1907: 213
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Boonsuk, B., Chantaranothai, P. & Hodkinson, T.R. (2016). A taxonomic revision of the genus Digitaria (Panicoideae: Poaceae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 246: 248-280.
- Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Brown, L.C. (1982). The Flora and Fauna of St Helena: 1-88. Land Resources Development Centre, Surbiton, England.
- Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
- Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014- continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2012). A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacensis. Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 127-149. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- Voeltzkow, A. (1917). Flora und Fauna der Comoren: 428-480.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Chiov., Miss. Biol. Borana Race. Bot.: 274 (1939).
- Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 452 (1972).
- Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 13 (1947).
- Hubbard, E.A. Pasture Plants 2: 14 (1927).
- K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 26 (1960).
- Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2:42(1934).
- Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1907: 213 (1907)
- Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 460 (1919).
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
- Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Nov 1, 2003 | Gosline, G. [275], Cameroon | K000746258 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2001 | Pollard, B.J. [148], Cameroon | K000107909 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1998 | Cheek, M. [8482], Cameroon | K000339553 | No | ||
May 1, 1998 | Asongani, J.N. [1332], Cameroon | K000339552 | No | ||
May 1, 1998 | Asongani, J.N. [1318], Cameroon | K000339551 | No | ||
May 1, 1998 | Kamundi, D. [653], Cameroon | K000339554 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1965 | Boughey, A.S. [10414], Cameroon | K000022912 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1965 | Boughey, A.S. [7018], Cameroon | K000022913 | No | ||
Oct 1, 1962 | Brunt, M.A. [374], Cameroon | K000022907 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1961 | Boughey, A.S. [11146], Cameroon | K000022910 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1961 | Pedder, J. W. R. [24], Cameroon | K000022904 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1961 | Akpabla, G.K. [10562], Cameroon | K000022905 | No | ||
Schimper [82], Ethiopia | K000281468 | isotype | Yes | ||
Schimper [82], Ethiopia | K000281469 | isotype | Yes | ||
Snowden, J.D. [1233], Uganda | K000281512 | holotype | Yes | ||
Snowden, J.D. [1233], Uganda | K000281513 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Snowden, J.D. [1233], Uganda | K000281514 | holotype | Yes | ||
Stuhlmann [1709], Tanzania | K000281515 | isotype | Yes | ||
Stolz, A. [983], Tanzania | K000281516 | isosyntype | Yes | ||
Ethiopia | K000282520 | No | |||
Schimper [95], Ethiopia | K000282227 | isosyntype | Yes | ||
Schimper [95], Ethiopia | K000282226 | isosyntype | Yes | ||
Schimper [82], Ethiopia | K000281470 | Yes | |||
Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [10744], Madagascar | K000244603 | Yes | |||
Charter, J. R. [38005], Cameroon | K000022906 | No | |||
Boughey, A.S. [10859], Cameroon | K000022911 | No | |||
Ecuador | K001467692 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467693 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467694 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467695 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467696 | Yes | |||
Laegaard, S.; Quintana, C. [1675], Ecuador | K001467697 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467698 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467699 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467700 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001467701 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001467702 | Yes | |||
Oct 1, 1993 | Henty, E.E. [20994], Papua New Guinea | Digitaria hentyi | K000290285 | isotype | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
- Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0