Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Leeward Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria commutata subsp. eriantha (Steud.) Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 1: 301 (1952)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria bechuanica (Stent) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 295 (1950)
- Digitaria decumbens Stent in Bothalia 3: 150 (1930)
- Digitaria dinteri Henrard in Blumea 1: 97 (1934)
- Digitaria eriantha subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok in Bothalia 13: 457 (1981)
- Digitaria eriantha subsp. stolonifera (Stapf) Kok in Bothalia 13: 457 (1981), no basionym ref.
- Digitaria eriantha var. stolonifera Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 375 (1898)
- Digitaria eriantha subsp. transvaalensis Kok in Bothalia 13: 457 (1981)
- Digitaria geniculata Stent in Bothalia 3: 154 (1930)
- Digitaria glauca Stent in Bothalia 3: 151 (1930), nom. illeg.
- Digitaria glauca var. bechuanica Stent in Bothalia 3: 152 (1930)
- Digitaria hiascens Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921)
- Digitaria livida Henrard in Blumea 1: 101 (1934)
- Digitaria nemoralis Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 488 (1950)
- Digitaria pentzii Stent in Bothalia 3: 147 (1930)
- Digitaria pentzii var. minor Stent in Bothalia 3: 148 (1930)
- Digitaria pentzii var. stolonifera (Stapf) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 544 (1950)
- Digitaria smutsii Stent in Bothalia 1: 268 (1924)
- Digitaria stentiana Henrard in Blumea 1: 97 (1934)
- Digitaria umfolozi D.W.Hall in Turrialba 33: 327 (1983)
- Digitaria valida Stent in Bothalia 3: 148 (1930)
- Digitaria valida var. glauca Stent in Bothalia 3: 149 (1930)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2012). A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacensis. Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 127-149. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.1. epublication.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2012). A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacensis. Acta Botanica Mexicana 101: 127-149. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Sep 4, 1953 | Smith, C.A. [5490], South Africa | K000281347 | Yes | ||
Mar 1, 1932 | Smith, C.A. [5267], South Africa | K000281346 | Yes | ||
Rehmann, A. [5712b], South Africa | K000281335 | syntype | Yes | ||
Rehmann, A. [5712], South Africa | K000281336 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Drège, South Africa | K000281339 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Drège, South Africa | K000281338 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Drège, South Africa | K000281337 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Smith, C.A. [3960], South Africa | K000281345 | Yes | |||
Pole-Evans, I.B. [8555], South Africa | K000281344 | Yes | |||
Fourcade, H.G. [1990], South Africa | K000281348 | Yes | |||
Pole-Evans, I.B. [8556], South Africa | K000281349 | syntype | Yes | ||
Mogg, A.O.D. [8657], Botswana | K000281351 | Yes | |||
Burtt-Davy, J. [3839], South Africa | K000281350 | Yes | |||
Pardy [4065], Zimbabwe | K000281353 | isotype | Yes | ||
Potbury [5505], Zimbabwe | K000281356 | Yes | |||
Rogers, F.A. [6595], Botswana | K000281357 | Yes | |||
Smith, L.B. [15771], Brazil | K001102878 | Yes | |||
Davidse, G. [11448], Brazil | K001102877 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001467657 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001467658 | Yes | |||
Galapagos Is. | K001467659 | Yes | |||
Laegaard, S.; Davalos, A.L.; Buddenhagen, C.; Escandon, J.L. [22459], Ecuador | K001467660 | Yes | |||
Stent, S.M. [5550], Zimbabwe | Digitaria eriantha subsp. pentzii | K000281358 | Yes | ||
Blair, I.J. [676], Peru | Digitaria eriantha subsp. pentzii | K001467703 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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
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Plants and People Africa
- Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
- © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0