Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria debilis (Desf.) Willd.

First published in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 91 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Europe to Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, Congo, Corse, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Germany

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Vázquez Pardo, F.M., Márquez García, F. & Blanco Salas, J. (2014). 084.- Digitaria ciliaris. Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 8: 86-91.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [143] Cameroon K000107911 Yes
May 1, 1998 Asongani, J.N. [1321] Cameroon K000339557 Yes
May 1, 1998 Asongani, J.N. [1319] Cameroon K000339556 Yes
May 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2311] Cameroon K000339558 Yes
Oct 1, 1962 Brunt, M.A. [431] Cameroon K000022898 Yes
Oct 1, 1962 Brunt, M.A. [509] Cameroon K000022900 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [601] South Africa K003432756 Yes
Cissé, A. [95] Mali K003797631 Yes
Brynaert, J. [645] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798237 Yes
Assi, A. [10756] Burkina Faso K003797637 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1637] Zambia K003430838 Yes
Broun, A.F.; Broun, A.F. (Mrs) [801] Sudan K003798771 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4178] Chad K003798232 Yes
Oakes; Scheepers [314] South Africa K003432758 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [181] Zimbabwe K003430825 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [s.n.] Zambia K003430847 Yes
Ghabbour, S. [s.n.] Sudan K003798773 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [3009] Ghana K003797645 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2389] South Africa K003432761 Yes
Berhaut [2784] Senegal K003797639 Yes
[J. C. S. Someyer] [K37] Nigeria K003797621 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8171] Zambia K003430841 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1111] Zambia K003430837 Yes
Swanepoel, C. [281267] Zimbabwe K003430820 Yes
Crook, A.O. [420] Zimbabwe K003430828 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797643 Yes
s.coll. [702] Malawi K003430813 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [2032] Zambia K003430846 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1937] Zambia K003430851 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [1063] Cameroon K000022899 Yes
de Saeger, H. [1202] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798239 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A183e] Zambia K003430836 Yes
Addei, A.K. [756] Ghana K003797644 Yes
Curson, H.H. [619] Botswana K003432768 Yes
Brain, C.K. [5027] Zimbabwe K003430829 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [368] Nigeria K003797618 Yes
s.coll. [4922] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798236 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traore, S. [s.n.] Senegal K003797638 Yes
Brain, C.K. [5709] Zimbabwe K003430827 Yes
Fay, J.M. [6827] Central African Republic K003798227 Yes
s.coll. [9410] Angola K003430866 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3288] Central African Republic K003798229 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1717] Sierra Leone K003797630 Yes
Thomson, P.J. [571] Zimbabwe K003430823 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003430833 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [879] Nigeria K003797623 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [331] Zimbabwe K003430822 Yes
Geerling, C. [4015] Nigeria K003797624 Yes
Smith, P.A. [675A] Botswana K003430862 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4172] Zimbabwe K003430832 Yes
Fay, J.M. [2626] Central African Republic K003798226 Yes
Vorster, P. [349] South Africa K003432766 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1748] Botswana K003430854 Yes
Figari Sudan K000281506 Type Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2785] Malawi K003430811 Yes
Humbert, H.; Capuron, R. [24861] Madagascar K003432566 Yes
Tuley [626] Nigeria K003797620 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2704] Nigeria K003797616 Yes
Smith, P.A. [614] Botswana K003430861 Yes
Hall-Martin, A. [1720] Malawi K003430815 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1853] Zimbabwe K003430826 Yes
Welw. [2854] Angola K003430867 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [601] South Africa K003432763 Yes
Foster, E.W. [7(a)] Nigeria K003797617 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5418] Zambia K003430843 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4404] Botswana K003430821 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1880] Botswana K003430863 Yes
s.coll. [725] Malawi K003430812 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [6062] South Africa K003432760 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC40408] Ghana K003797640 Yes
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5911] South Africa K003432762 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2186] Liberia K003797636 Yes
Pawek, J. [8216] Malawi K003430814 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7310] Zambia K003430839 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [23567] South Africa K003432759 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1996] Zambia K003430849 Yes
N'Golo, D.N. [1307] Mali K003797632 Yes
Tuley, P. [2243] Nigeria K003797626 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2711] Botswana K003430859 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2731] Botswana K003430860 Yes
de Saeger, H. [1202] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798233 Yes
s.coll. [63] Ethiopia K003798774 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1545] Botswana K003430864 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [Z13] Zambia K003430852 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2607] Angola K003430870 Yes
West, O. [3269] Zambia K003430817 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [1095] Mali K003797634 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F.; Phipps, J.B. [3039A] Zambia K003430842 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1130] South Africa K003432764 Yes
Oakes; Scheepers [314] South Africa K003432757 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. (Dr.) [s.n.] Nigeria K003797622 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6004] Cameroon K003798224 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [948] Zambia K003430835 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [919] Botswana K003430855 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [9666] Mozambique K003430810 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [884] Botswana K003430856 Yes
Loxton, A.E. [415] South Africa K003432767 Yes
Hulberg, B. [18] Central African Republic K003798228 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4404] Botswana K003430858 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A183c] Zambia K003430850 Yes
Fay, J.M. [2775] Central African Republic K003798230 Yes
Robertson, F.J. [604] Botswana K003430865 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [1095] Mali K003797635 Yes
Thomson, W.R. [21] Zimbabwe K003430830 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7282] South Sudan K003798770 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [381] Nigeria K003797629 Yes
Troupin, G. [636] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798234 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI6709] Nigeria K003797628 Yes
Gérard, P. [1324] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798238 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16218] Zimbabwe K003430818 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI60535] Nigeria K003797627 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3299] Ghana K003797641 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5383] Zambia K003430819 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1881] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798235 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [476] Nigeria K003797619 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [11812] Zambia K003430834 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1111] Zambia K003430840 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A 138] Zambia K003430848 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1341] Zambia K003430845 Yes
Tisserant, R.P.C. [2269] Central African Republic K003798231 Yes
Pedder, J., W. R. [25] Cameroon K000022901 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [134] Zambia K003430853 Yes
Denny, P. [1296] Zimbabwe K003430824 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/168] South Sudan K003798772 Yes
Hall; Enti [GC40096] Ghana K003797642 Yes
Scott, L. [s.n.] Malawi K003430816 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. (Dr.) [496] Nigeria K003797625 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [484] Botswana K003430857 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1595] Zambia K003430844 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4215] Angola K003430869 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2539] Zimbabwe K003430831 Yes
Muerillon, A. [1040] Cameroon K003798225 Yes
Vorster, P. [541] South Africa K003432765 Yes

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