Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria argyrotricha (Andersson) Chiov.

First published in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 183 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania

Introduced into:

Ghana, Madagascar, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 468
  • Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 49. (1950)
  • in Result. Sci. Miss. Stef.-Paoli 1: 183 (1916)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 49 (1958).
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 443 (1932).
  • Chiov., Result. Sci. Miss. Stef.-Paoli, Coll. Bot. 1: 183 (1916).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 453 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 75 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 434 (1956).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 468 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Faulkner, H.G. [867] Tanzania K003799463 Yes
Holst, C. [2033] Tanzania K003799467 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28305] Mozambique K003430965 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2207] Benin K001418969 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A. [5083] Somalia K003798777 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24443] Tanzania K003799482 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7502] Tanzania K003799474 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [1548] Tanzania K003799478 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [848] Tanzania K003799468 Yes
Taylor, H.J. [1229] Kenya K003799456 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [273] Ghana K003797653 Yes
Smook, L. [1324] South Africa K003432785 Yes
Davis, R.M. [33] Tanzania K003799479 Yes
Torre, A.R. [6648] Mozambique K003430972 Yes
Bond, J.S. [114] Tanzania K003799472 Yes
Davis, R.M. [14] Tanzania K003799477 Yes
Allen, J.A. [62] Kenya K003799453 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3469] Ghana K003797651 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10819] Kenya K003799457 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3647] Ghana K003797654 Yes
McLeish, I. [RRI867] Somalia K003798778 Yes
Mengistu; Keller-Grein [s.n.] Kenya K003799461 Yes
Elmi, A.A.; Hansen, O.J. [4105] Somalia K003798779 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29366] Mozambique K003430971 Yes
Procter, J. [2790] Tanzania K003799473 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1083] Tanzania K003799481 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24416] Tanzania K003799469 Yes
Last, J.T. [1089] Tanzania K003799480 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A4159] Ghana K003797648 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [4609] Mozambique K003430967 Yes
Allen, J.A. [62] Kenya K003799452 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1059] Tanzania K003799476 Yes
Nyange, M.; Luke, Q.; Chidzinga, S. [0353] Kenya K003799459 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797652 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2877] Tanzania K003799475 Yes
Frazier, J. [1080] Tanzania K003799471 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [515] Kenya K003799451 Yes
Lavranos, J.; Pehlemann, I. [19800] South Africa K003432783 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32592] Ghana K003797650 Yes
s.coll. [1089] Tanzania K003799483 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB5698] Kenya K003799458 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [1594] Kenya K003799450 Yes
Myre, M.; Carvalho, M.F. [2272] Mozambique K003430963 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [7887] Mozambique K003430966 Yes
Greenway [5255] Tanzania K003799464 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [31690] Mozambique K003430969 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI882] Somalia K003798776 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J. [7405] Mozambique K003430970 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1878] Tanzania K003799465 Yes
Ward, C.J. [10048] South Africa K003432784 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [26736] Mozambique K003430974 Yes
Peters Mozambique K000281377 Isosyntype Yes
Mengistu; Keller-Grein [s.n.] Kenya K003798775 Yes
Allen, C.E.F. [137] Mozambique K003430964 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [2703] Kenya K003799454 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1431] Tanzania K003799466 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3263] Ghana K003797649 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C.; Dungo, J. [1551] Mozambique K003430968 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3821] Kenya K003799460 Yes
[Hyniger] [37] Tanzania K003799462 Yes
Macedo, A. [s.n.] Mozambique K003430973 Yes
Moomaw, J.C. [901] Kenya K003799455 Yes
Eichinger, A. [G5896] Tanzania K003799470 Yes

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