Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria gazensis Rendle

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 228 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sudan to Namibia, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sudan-South Sudan, 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 49 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 77 (1965).
  • Edwards & Bogdan, Imp. Grassl. Pl. Kenya: 58 (1951).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 14 (1947).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 35 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 26 (1960).
  • Rendle in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 40: 228 (1911).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 37 (1934).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 457 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1932 Stolz, A. [980] Tanzania K000281405 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4187] Tanzania K003799865 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [3755] Angola K003431544 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [1040] Zimbabwe K003431527 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1671] Zambia K003431437 Yes
Devred, R. [1479] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798496 Yes
Lynes, H. [Ih43d] Tanzania K003799889 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5666] Zambia K003431434 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16161] Zimbabwe K003431503 Yes
s.coll. [12752] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798494 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9554] Kenya K003799835 Yes
MacDonald, I. [136] Zimbabwe K003431515 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0922] Zambia K003431426 Yes
Strid, P.A.K. [2599] Zambia K003431444 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1031] Zambia K003431462 Yes
Stohr, F.O. [722] Zambia K003431449 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [2025] Zambia K003431451 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K003799810 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A12] Zambia K003431457 Yes
White, F. [6389] Zambia K003431422 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1355] Zambia K003431460 Yes
[illegible] [1210] Chad K003798492 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [375] Tanzania K003799855 Yes
s.coll. [845] Malawi K003431416 Yes
Lewys Lloyd, H.E. [254] Uganda K003799815 Yes
Duff, C.E. [101/33] Zambia K003431429 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2437] Tanzania K003799873 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [972] Uganda K003799809 Yes
s.coll. [2244] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798499 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1996] Kenya K003799842 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [2296] Zimbabwe K003431467 Yes
Adamson, A.S. [9] Tanzania K003799868 Yes
Nyariri, P. [608] Zimbabwe K003431465 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1031] Kenya K003799820 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [8] Zimbabwe K003431475 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1544] Kenya K003799848 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [5755] Angola K003431542 Yes
[J. A. J. W] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431497 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1475] Zimbabwe K003431504 Yes
Detilleux, E. [471] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798497 Yes
Crook, A.O. [419] Zimbabwe K003431474 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431494 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4460] Zimbabwe K003431488 Yes
White, F. [6341] Zambia K003431425 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1482] Zimbabwe K003431522 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [1530] Angola K003431539 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4073a] Zimbabwe K003431487 Yes
Rattray, A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431533 Yes
Buchanan, J. [1449] Malawi K000281406 Syntype Yes
Ngweno, F. [EA14973] Kenya K003799822 Yes
Phillips, D.; Burtt, B.D. [1092] Tanzania K003799887 Yes
Bogdan, A. [1500AB] Kenya K003799840 Yes
[Stent]; Rattray [3660] Zimbabwe K003431536 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1166] Zambia K003431461 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [582] Zambia K003431450 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1476] Zimbabwe K003431505 Yes
[M]. D. L. Corby [428] Zimbabwe K003431468 Yes
Brain, C.K. [2584] Zimbabwe K003431482 Yes
Maramwidze, T.K. [3] Zambia K003431442 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3546] Kenya K003799839 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9371] Zambia K001560853 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9078] Zambia K001560849 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9158] Zambia K001560860 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9025] Zambia K001560819 Yes
[S. Heery] [11] Zambia K003431443 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4249] Zambia K003431440 Yes
s.coll. [2492] Kenya K003799832 Yes
[W. B. Aeghron] [341] Zimbabwe K003431550 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [481] Zimbabwe K003431521 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [287] Zimbabwe K003431466 Yes
Yohannes, H. [5040] Tanzania K003799882 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6515] Zimbabwe K003431548 Yes
Muller, T. [259] Zimbabwe K003431516 Yes
Davies, R.M. [939] Zimbabwe K003431514 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [863] Zambia K003431431 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [308] Zimbabwe K003431480 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8128] Tanzania K003799874 Yes
Brain, C.K. [4901] Zimbabwe K003431469 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5139] Tanzania K003799876 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3894] Kenya K003799849 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5169] Tanzania K003799875 Yes
Williams, F.R. [6] Zimbabwe K003431509 Yes
[W. F. Alkerin] [14] Zimbabwe K003431500 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431529 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1403] Zambia K003431430 Yes
White, A. Malawi K000281407 Unknown Type Material Yes
Astle, W.L. [2797] Zambia K003431459 Yes
Greenway [3537] Tanzania K003799877 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13431] Tanzania K003799878 Yes
Jackson, G. [346A] Malawi K003431417 Yes
[J. M. Pattaus] [807] Zimbabwe K003431470 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [729] Zimbabwe K003431528 Yes
Colvile, P.A. [105] Zimbabwe K003431508 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [404] Tanzania K003799862 Yes
Staples, R.R. [504] Tanzania K003799879 Yes
Strong, R.M. [1] Tanzania K003799860 Yes
[J. A. J. W.] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431491 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [380] Malawi K003431420 Yes
Davies, R.M. [A2] Tanzania K003799859 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K71] Kenya K003799827 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6516] Zimbabwe K003431546 Yes
McGregor, C.J. [13] Tanzania K003799856 Yes
Couto, C. [319] Angola K003431538 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4311] K003432976 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [7348] Tanzania K003799883 Yes
Mullin, L.J. [23/55] Zimbabwe K003431511 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [82] Zimbabwe K003431523 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431489 Yes
Robyns, W. [3666] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798495 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24763] Kenya K003799829 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1968] Uganda K003799813 Yes
Thomson, W.R. [12] Zimbabwe K003431493 Yes
Crook, A.O. [48[5]] Zimbabwe K003431551 Yes
Pawek [4889] Malawi K003431410 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1871] Sudan K003798916 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [60] Zimbabwe K003431476 Yes
Crook, A.O. [486] Zimbabwe K003431512 Yes
Emson, H.E. [96] Tanzania K003799863 Yes
Lewys Lloyd, H.E. [12] Uganda K003799818 Yes
Biegel [1813] Zimbabwe K003431492 Yes
Kornas, J. [3082] Zambia K003431455 Yes
Crook, A.O. [485] Zimbabwe K003431513 Yes
Thomson, P.J. [722] Zimbabwe K003431517 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5187] Tanzania K003799867 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3780] Kenya K003799844 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [709] Zimbabwe K003431519 Yes
s.coll. [1046] Malawi K003431414 Yes
Angus, A. [899] Zambia K003431463 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2216] Zimbabwe K003431545 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8579] Tanzania K003799872 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [65] Zimbabwe K003431477 Yes
Wilson, S.G. [7] Malawi K003431419 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431525 Yes
Brain, C.K. [2591] Zimbabwe K003431471 Yes
s.coll. [346] Malawi K003431418 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431495 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431496 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2585] Tanzania K003799888 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1077a] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798501 Yes
Pawek, J. [13306] Malawi K003431415 Yes
Newton; [Iuliasi] [23] Zimbabwe K003431481 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [1028] Zimbabwe K003431473 Yes
Eyles, F. [5272] Zimbabwe K003431552 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2448] Tanzania K003799854 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB57] Kenya K003799841 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24766] Kenya K003799828 Yes
s.coll. [J158] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798498 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1721] Uganda K003799811 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [304] Zambia K003431448 Yes
Lynes, H. [DP188] Tanzania K003799886 Yes
Wild, H.; Simon, B.K. [6782] Zimbabwe K003431526 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1035] Kenya K003799821 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8696a] Malawi K003431411 Yes
Davies, R. [924] Zimbabwe K003431507 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1852] Zambia K003431433 Yes
Mundy, H.G. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431501 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1903] Zambia K003431432 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [12/59] Zambia K003431423 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A97] Zambia K003431458 Yes
Welwitsch [2675] Angola K000281394 Isotype Yes
Welwitsch [2675] Angola K000281395 Type Yes
Shantz, H.L. [997] Kenya K003799833 Yes
Emson, H.E. [3081] Tanzania K003799861 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0923] Zambia K003431427 Yes
[Margaret Henricksen] [2505] Zimbabwe K003431532 Yes
Smith, P.P. [1007] Zambia K003431453 Yes
Lewys Lloyd, H.E. [9] Uganda K003799814 Yes
Menezes, A. [3761] Angola K003431543 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3150] Zambia K003431446 Yes
[J. A. J. W.] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431490 Yes
Conradie, A.P. [21] Zimbabwe K003431484 Yes
Eyles, F. [5272] Zimbabwe K003431553 Yes
Stent, S.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431537 No
White, F. [6207] Zambia K003431424 Yes
s.coll. [701] Malawi K003431412 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [814] Zimbabwe K003431524 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [560] Tanzania K003799851 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24995] Kenya K003799826 Yes
Williams, F.R. [53] Zimbabwe K003431510 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [558] Tanzania K003799852 Yes
Unit, S.R. [426] Kenya K003799825 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3254] Zambia K003431464 Yes
Staples, R.R. [328] Tanzania K003799881 Yes
da Silva, M. [3373] Angola K003431540 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [559] Tanzania K003799858 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [7] Zimbabwe K003431498 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2470] Tanzania K003799869 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3689] Zambia K003431445 Yes
Bjørnstad, A. [AB2173] Tanzania K003799884 Yes
Kornas, J. [3081] Zambia K003431454 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0921] Zambia K003431428 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1396] Kenya K003799837 Yes
Eyles, F. [4686] Zimbabwe K003431531 Yes
Hatch, S.L. [4305] Kenya K003799838 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1666] Uganda K003799812 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8601] South Africa K003432974 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K178] Kenya K003799830 Yes
[Aegharan] [342] Zimbabwe K003431549 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1212KBS] Zambia K003431456 Yes
Kassner [2220] Zambia K003431438 Yes
Emson, H.E. [446] Tanzania K003799871 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [805] Kenya K003799831 Yes
Davidse, G.; Simon, B.; Pope, G. [6537] Zimbabwe K003431547 Yes
Lynes, H. [Dabaga34] Tanzania K003799885 Yes
Bogdan, A. [312] Kenya K003799843 Yes
Wild, H. [7753] Zimbabwe K003431518 Yes
Staples, R.R. [321] Tanzania K003799880 Yes
[J. Q. Walker] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431499 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [293] Zimbabwe K003431485 Yes
Maramwidze, T.K. [26] Zambia K003431441 Yes
Wild, H. [1734] Zimbabwe K003431506 Yes
H.B.J. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798502 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1630] Mozambique K000281409 Unknown Type Material Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1630] Mozambique K000281408 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Fisher, S. [13959] Zambia K003431421 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [728A] Zimbabwe K003431534 Yes
Lovett, J. [1445] Tanzania K003799850 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [807] Zimbabwe K003431535 Yes
Gillman, H. [s.n.] Tanzania K003799857 Yes
Brunt, M. [s.n.] Kenya K003799845 Yes
Armitage, F.B. [59/55] Zimbabwe K003431479 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4216] Tanzania K003799866 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [109] Kenya K003799823 Yes
Brain, C.K. [1848] Zimbabwe K003431483 Yes
Gosnell, J.M. [676] Kenya K003799836 Yes
Brain, C.K. [2929] Zimbabwe K003431472 Yes
Procter, J. [1147] Tanzania K003799864 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1984] Uganda K003799816 Yes
[illegible] [833] K003798493 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AH3547a] Kenya K003799847 Yes
de Wet [001613] South Africa K003432975 Yes
McDonald, J. [1265] Kenya K003799819 Yes
Crook, A.O. [486] Zimbabwe K003431554 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [26] Zambia K003431447 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6157] Zambia K003431435 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [481] Zimbabwe K003431520 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1340] Uganda K003799817 Yes
Eyles, F. [5272] Zimbabwe K003431530 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1647] Kenya K003799834 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [844] Zimbabwe K003431486 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D21] Tanzania K003799853 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8535] Tanzania K003799870 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [14] Zambia K003431439 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9576] Kenya K003799846 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [[656]] Angola K003431541 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798500 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [260[97]] Zambia K003431436 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [119] Kenya K003799824 Yes
Pawek [1667] Malawi K003431413 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [196] Zimbabwe K003431478 Yes
Stohr, F.O. [687] Zambia K003431452 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15770] Zimbabwe K003431502 Yes

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