Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria acuminatissima Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 441 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 880
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 400.
  • Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 4 (incl. var. conformis Henr. and var. typica subvar. grandiflora Henr.) (1950)
  • in F.T.A. 9: 441 (1919)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 452 (1972).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 25 (1934).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 441 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1987 Chevalier, A. [2218] K000281463 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1987 Dalziel, J.M. [907] Nigeria K000281464 Lectotype Yes
Nov 1, 1987 Chevalier, A. [2284] Sudan K000281462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1987 Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [3329] Botswana K000281342 Isotype Yes
Feb 1, 1973 Leclercq, A. [42594] Mali K000281465 Isotype Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [3317] Botswana K003432497 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [JESS/86/122127] Somalia K003799170 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC772] Ghana K003798099 Yes
Blair, I.J. [124] Sudan K003799161 No
Noirfalise, A. [369] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798661 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3030] Zambia K003432478 Yes
Reekmans, M. [7701] Burundi K003798665 Yes
Muerillon, A. [1386] Cameroon K003798657 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [2622] Zambia K003432481 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7289] South Sudan K003799168 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1638] Sudan K003799163 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [566] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798666 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2749] Zambia K003432480 Yes
[A. Gasvon] [1089] Chad K003798660 Yes
Gossweiler [8358] Angola K003432498 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [133/55] Zimbabwe K003432495 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6590] Cameroon K003798655 Yes
Fay, J.M. [2789] Central African Republic K003798659 Yes
Evrard, C. [2494] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798662 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2802] Zambia K003432482 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2247] Sudan K003799166 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0939] Zambia K003432473 Yes
[S/H] [[1227]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798664 Yes
Letouzey, R. [7114] Cameroon K003798658 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1198KBS] Zambia K003432484 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A214] Zambia K003432479 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [11833] Zambia K003432469 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6931] Zimbabwe K003432496 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4697] Zambia K003432476 Yes
Saadou, M. [534] Niger K003798100 Yes
Angus, A. [2511] Zambia K003432483 Yes
Blair, I.J. [96] Sudan K003799164 Yes
Vaillant, A. [2425] Cameroon K003798656 Yes
[S/H] [[1229]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798663 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0941] Zambia K003432471 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8354] Burundi K003798667 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9533] Burundi K003798668 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1887] Sudan K003799162 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0970] Zambia K003432475 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [35] South Sudan K003799167 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0940] Zambia K003432474 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0942] Zambia K003432472 Yes
Blair, I.J. [68] Sudan K003799165 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6931] Zambia K003432477 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S. [17928] Senegal K003798124 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [39] Sudan K003799169 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0943] Zambia K003432470 Yes

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