Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria comifera Pilg.

First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 708 (1942)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda to Namibia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 76 (1965).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 25 (1960).
  • Pilg. in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 15: 708 (1942).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schlieben, H.F. [6151] Tanzania K000281490 Type Yes
Schlieben, H.F. [6151] Tanzania K000281488 Type Yes
Schlieben, H.F. [6151] Tanzania K000281489 Isotype Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9201] Tanzania K003799611 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2404] Tanzania K003799617 Yes
Wilson, J. [20] Uganda K003799610 Yes
Schlieben, H.F. [6151] Tanzania K000281487 Isotype Yes
de Winter, B. [9125] Namibia K003432829 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B.; Sanchez-Ken, G. [6427] Tanzania K003799619 Yes
Wingfield, R. [822] Tanzania K003799614 Yes
Staples, R.R. [362] Tanzania K003799613 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3407] Tanzania K003799612 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3107] Tanzania K003799618 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T7] Tanzania K003799615 Yes
Lewys Lloyd, H.E. [11] Tanzania K003799616 Yes
s.coll. [3012bis] Burundi Digitaria lunularis K003798337 Yes
s.coll. [1829] Burundi Digitaria lunularis K003798336 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0