Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria leptorhachis (Pilg.) Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 462 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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. & 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.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 882.
  • Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 393 (1950)
  • in F.T.A. 9: 462 (1919)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 450 (1972).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 462 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Laegaard, S.; Mipro, H.; Sobere, T. [18406] Burkina Faso K000212145 Yes
Apr 1, 1961 Adam, J.-.G. [15357] Mali K000212144 Yes
s.coll. [13452] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798477 Yes
Troupin, G. [1682] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798480 Yes
Biswas [108] Nigeria K003797921 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3372] Ghana K003797905 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC1356] Nigeria K003797914 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4308] Zambia K003431359 Yes
Troupin, G. [1776] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798478 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3057] Ghana K003797899 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1426] Nigeria K003797919 Yes
Saunders, L.H. [s.n.] Nigeria K003797915 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797901 Yes
Risopoulos [1214] Benin K003797924 Yes
Nigeria K000281543 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blair, I.J. [10] Sudan K003798861 No
Stage, E. [27] Togo K003797925 Yes
Broadbent, J.A. (Dr.) [171] Senegal K003797910 Yes
Saadou, M. [1676] Niger K003797912 Yes
Troupin, G. [2038] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798481 Yes
Adam, J.G. [18131] Senegal K003797911 Yes
s.coll. [2069] K003798490 Yes
Blair, I.J. [9] Sudan K003798860 Yes
Adam, J.-.G. [15197] Burkina Faso K000212146 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Adokpo, C. [3213] Benin K001562471 Yes
Mpandzou, L.; Mpandzou, A.; Cheek, M.; Kami, E. [1161] Congo, Republic of the K001562870 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3122] Ghana K003797906 Yes
Sosef, M.S.M.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Botermans, M.; Azizet Issembé, Y. [2183] Gabon K003798488 Yes
Lebrun, J. [659] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798479 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K003797902 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3917] Zambia K003431360 Yes
Troupin, G. [1682] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798482 Yes
Broadbent, J.A. (Dr.) [146] Senegal K003797909 Yes
[Leo] [1055] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798487 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3305] Ghana K003797904 Yes
s.coll. [12810] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798474 Yes
Bredo [2780] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798484 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [165] Nigeria K003797923 Yes
Maitland [165] Nigeria K003797922 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13516] Ghana K003797900 Yes
s.coll. [6445] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798476 Yes
Ward, J.F. [29] Nigeria K003797918 Yes
s.coll. [2641] K003798491 Yes
Lely, H.V. [407] Nigeria K003797917 Yes
Saunders, L.H. [s.n.] Nigeria K003797916 Yes
Fay, J.M. [5853] Central African Republic K003798489 Yes
Troupin, G. [1776] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798483 Yes
Lécard [252] Mali K000281545 Type Yes
Tuley, P.; Oche, M. [1638] Nigeria K003797913 Yes
Barter [27 *] Nigeria K000281544 Type Yes
Vanderyst, H. [3919] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000281494 Syntype Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797907 Yes
Bredo [3880] Zambia K000281404 Unknown Type Material Yes
[1123] Nigeria K000281542 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [6508] Nigeria K003797920 Yes
Couteaux, G. [453] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798475 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [3890] K000281495 Type Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] Nigeria K000281540 Type Yes
Chevalier, A. [16003] Cote d'Ivoire K000281541 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rose Innes, R. [67] Ghana K003797903 Yes
Troupin, G. [1565] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798485 Yes
de Saeger, H. [1359] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798486 Yes
Aug 1, 1926 Vanderyst, H. Digitaria polybotrya K000281496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vanderyst [5257] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798465 Yes
s.coll. [40II] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798456 Yes
Evrard [2903] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798460 Yes
Sapin [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798472 Yes
s.coll. [2581] Digitaria polybotrya K003798448 Yes
Robyns [4348] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798450 Yes
Louis, J. [2210] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798458 Yes
Venderyst, H. [2617] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798470 Yes
Gérard, T. [323] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798464 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [702] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798451 Yes
Compère [1635] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798454 Yes
Gossweiler [8] Angola Digitaria polybotrya K003431358 Yes
Davies, J.N. [245] Gabon Digitaria polybotrya K003798449 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1732] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798459 Yes
s.coll. [2659] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798467 Yes
Germain, R. [2222] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798453 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [14131] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798468 Yes
Germain, R. [2222] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798455 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [28928] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798461 Yes
s.coll. [2651] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798466 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [29805] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798462 Yes
Venderyst, H. [3807] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798471 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [702] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798457 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798473 Yes
Robyns [4339] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798452 Yes
Devred, R. [1284] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798463 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Digitaria polybotrya K003798469 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [6436] Senegal Digitaria chevalieri K003797908 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3219] Zambia Digitaria bredoensis K003431377 Yes
Backlund, H.O. [B14] Tanzania Digitaria bredoensis K003799783 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3184] Zambia Digitaria bredoensis K003431376 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T163] Tanzania Digitaria bredoensis K003799784 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7740] Tanzania Digitaria bredoensis K003799785 Yes

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