Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria delicatula Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 454 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 881.
  • Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 173 (1950)
  • in F.T.A. 9: 454 (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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K003797748 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797763 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797756 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4795] Ghana K003797749 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797747 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797758 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797759 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797764 Yes
Sawyer, J.C. [s.n.] Nigeria K003797739 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [203] Ghana K003797754 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797751 Yes
s.coll. [257A] Cote d'Ivoire K003797744 Yes
Mayo, J.K. [s.n.] Nigeria K003797735 Yes
Saadou, M. [792] Nigeria K003797740 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797761 Yes
Beal, W.P.B. [22] Ghana K003797762 Yes
Adesi, G.A.K. [s.n.] Ghana K003797753 Yes
Risopoulos [1193] Benin K003797742 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K001666469 No
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K003797746 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13513] Ghana K003797745 Yes
Freeman, W.E. [S193] Nigeria K003797734 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC382] Ghana K003797757 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [335] Nigeria K003797733 Yes
Hall, J.B. [301] Nigeria K003797732 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [206] Nigeria K003797738 Yes
Ake Assi, L. [9680] Cote d'Ivoire K003797743 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K001666470 No
de Leeuw, P.N. [1951] Nigeria K003797736 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797760 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797752 Yes
Hiepko, P.; Schultze-Motel, W. [147] Togo K003797741 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797755 Yes
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797750 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [197] Nigeria K003797737 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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