Distribution
Native to:
Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Panicum leptorhachis Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 119 (1901)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria annua Van der Veken in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 45: 409 (1975)
- Digitaria bredoensis Robyns & Van der Veken in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 146 (1952)
- Digitaria chevalieri Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 48 (1919)
- Digitaria nigritiana (Hack.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 463 (1919)
- Digitaria polybotrya Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 462 (1919)
- Digitaria richardsonii Mez in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921)
- Digitaria stoloniferissima (Vanderyst) Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 658 (1925)
- Panicum nigritianum Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 293 (1901)
- Panicum stoloniferissimum Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 13: 335 (1922)
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? |
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Jan 1, 1997 | Laegaard, S. [18406], Burkina Faso | K000212145 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1961 | Adam, J.-.G. [15357], Mali | K000212144 | No | ||
Bredo [3880], Zambia | K000281404 | Yes | |||
Vanderyst, H. [3890], Zaire | K000281495 | syntype | Yes | ||
Vanderyst, H. [3919], Zaïre | K000281494 | syntype | Yes | ||
Nigeria | K000281542 | Yes | |||
Chevalier, A. [16003], Ivory Coast | K000281541 | Yes | |||
Nigeria | K000281543 | Yes | |||
Barter [27 *], Nigeria | K000281544 | isotype | Yes | ||
Lécard [252], Mali | K000281545 | isotype | Yes | ||
Adam, J.-.G. [15197], Burkina Faso | K000212146 | No | |||
Aug 1, 1926 | Vanderyst, H., Zaire | Digitaria polybotrya | K000281496 | 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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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical 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