Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria elegans Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 474 (1919)
- Digitaria melinoides Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 191 (1921)
- Digitaria nitens Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 165 (1899)
- Digitaria stolzii Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 191 (1921)
- Panicum nitens (Rendle) K.Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 27(1): 457 (1901)
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., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Stapf in Fl. Cap. 7: 382 (1898).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 25, 1977 | Buchanan, J. [88], South Africa | K000281333 | syntype | Yes | |
Buchanan, J. [9], South Africa | K000281332 | syntype | Yes | ||
Welwitsch [2634], Angola | K000281371 | isotype | Yes | ||
Welwitsch [2634], Angola | K000281372 | isotype | Yes | ||
Stolz, A. [1968], Tanzania | K000281481 | Yes | |||
Stolz, A. [1824], Tanzania | K000281480 | Yes | |||
Homblé, H.A. [59], Zaire | K000281449 | holotype | Yes | ||
Apr 1, 1985 | s.coll. [s.n.], Philippines | Panicum nitens | K000674310 | paratype | Yes |
Sep 1, 1968 | s.coll. [3756], Philippines | Panicum nitens | K000674333 | lectotype | Yes |
Sep 1, 1968 | s.coll. [s.n.], Philippines | Panicum nitens | K000674311 | paratype | Yes |
s.coll. [3221], Philippines | Panicum nitens | K000674309 | 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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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