Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria atrofusca (Hack.) A.Camus

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 107 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia

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.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Camus in Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 30: 106 (1924).
  • Clayton in Kew Bulletin 29: 519 (1974).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Delhaye, R.E. [17] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798376 Yes
Lebrun, J. [546] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798377 Yes
P. N. de de Leeuw; Magaji, S.O. [1951A] Nigeria K003797780 Yes
Germain, R.G.A. [4376] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798379 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3053] Ghana K003797787 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [733] Sierra Leone K003797779 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5954] Burundi K003798383 Yes
Flamigni, A. [XXV] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798381 Yes
Devred, R. [1309] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798380 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2968] Ghana K003797789 Yes
Methuen, P.A. [s.n.] Madagascar K003432643 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1425] Nigeria K003797782 Yes
Flamigni [10007] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798374 Yes
Jeffreys, M.D.W. [24] Nigeria K000281529 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jeffreys, M.D.W. [24] Nigeria K000281528 Unknown Type Material Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3232] Sierra Leone K003797778 Yes
Ake Assi, L. [10331] Cote d'Ivoire K003797791 Yes
Gillman, H. [116] Tanzania K003799754 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [1909] Madagascar K000244602 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vanderyst [27637] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798373 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [914] Sierra Leone K003797777 Yes
[E. E. Nwauzo] [781] Nigeria K003797784 Yes
s.coll. [3128] Central African Republic K003798382 Yes
Gérard, P. [1950] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798375 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5728] Burundi K003798384 Yes
Lowe, J. [4432] Nigeria K003797781 Yes
de Leeuw, P.N. [1786] Nigeria K003797783 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K003797786 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [314] Nigeria K003797785 Yes
Caille [15020] Guinea K000281527 Unknown Type Material Yes
Caille [15020] Guinea K000281526 Unknown Type Material Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797790 Yes
Perrier de la Bathie, H. [13529] Madagascar K003432642 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [1516] Sierra Leone K000281524 Type Yes
Thomas, N.W. [1516] Sierra Leone K000281525 Lectotype Yes
Hall, J.B. [1485] Ghana K003797788 Yes
s.coll. [3380] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798378 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0