Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria antunesii Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921)
- Digitaria herpoclados Pilg. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 200 (1916)
- Digitaria nyassana Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 192 (1921)
- Digitaria parlatorei var. microstachya Chiov. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 41 (1914)
- Digitaria proxima Henrard in Blumea 1: 104 (1934)
- Digitaria sanguinalis var. interrupta Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 164 (1899)
- Digitaria spectabilis Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 61 (1930)
- Digitaria usambarica Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921)
- Digitaria villosissima Chiov. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 61 (1919)
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? |
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Mar 1, 1932 | Stolz, A. [980], Tanzania | K000281405 | Yes | ||
Welwitsch [2675], Angola | K000281394 | isotype | Yes | ||
Welwitsch [2675], Angola | K000281395 | isotype | Yes | ||
White, A., Malawi | K000281407 | Yes | |||
Buchanan, J. [1449], Malawi | K000281406 | syntype | Yes | ||
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1630], Mozambique | K000281408 | Yes | |||
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1630], Mozambique | K000281409 | 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