Digitaria compressa Stapf
First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 443 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Ethiopa and S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria buchananii Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 192 (1921)
- Digitaria capitipila Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 445 (1919)
- Digitaria homblei Robyns in Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (4to) 1(1): 27 (1931)
- Digitaria katangensis Robyns in Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (4to) 1(1): 33 (1931)
- Digitaria katangensis var. hirta Goetgh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 45: 401 (1975)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- 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.
- 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.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- 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.
- 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.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 445 (1919).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Buchanan, J. [1443], Malawi | K000281413 | isotype | Yes | ||
Mundy, H.G. [2170], Zimbabwe | K000281425 | holotype | Yes | ||
Mundy, H.G. [2170], Zimbabwe | K000281424 | holotype | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0