Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria macroblephara (Hack. ex Schinz) Paoli

First published in Miss. Somal. Ital. Merid., Relaz.: 245 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic 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., 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.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB1371] Kenya K000386332 Yes
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [1627] Kenya K000386333 Yes
May 1, 1973 Greenway, P.J. [4471] Kenya K000386347 Yes
May 1, 1973 West, O. [5213] Kenya K000386323 Yes
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [83] Kenya K000386335 Yes
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [1611] Kenya K000386326 Yes
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [1671] Kenya K000386322 Yes
May 1, 1973 Wilson, G. [68] Kenya K000386336 Yes
May 1, 1973 Stewart, D.R.M. [448] Kenya K000386334 Yes
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB1873] Kenya K000386338 No
May 1, 1973 Bally [B5191] Kenya K000386349 Yes
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB2117] Kenya K000386339 Yes
May 1, 1973 Stewart, D.R.M. [456] Kenya K000386324 Yes
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB1602] Kenya K000386343 Yes
May 1, 1973 Champion, A.H. [T164] Kenya K000386325 Yes
May 1, 1973 Swinderen, H., van [M137] Kenya K000386321 Yes
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB2092] Kenya K000386330 Yes
Sep 1, 1926 Shantz, H.L. [872] Kenya K000386314 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Marinda [3686] Kenya K000386352 Yes
[Beshir Eff] [16] South Sudan K003799119 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK2006] Uganda K003430386 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22197] Somalia K003799128 Yes
Leippert [5809] Tanzania K003430426 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3382] Uganda K003430388 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4489] Somalia K003799133 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22103] Somalia K003799127 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. [594] Kenya K000386318 Yes
Leuthold, W. [58] Kenya K000386358 Yes
Wilson, J. [861] Uganda K003430389 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22203] Somalia K003799129 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel, S.P.; Gwynne [679] Kenya K000386344 Yes
Heady, H.F. [1313] Kenya K000386328 Yes
Napper, D.M. [549] Kenya K000386331 Yes
McKay, A.D. [15] Kenya K000386327 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel, S.P. [2843] Kenya K000386355 Yes
illegible [1878/24] Kenya K000386320 Yes
Verdcourt, B.; Darling, F. [2295] Kenya K000386348 Yes
Ash [1589] Ethiopia K003799123 Yes
Adamson, T. [28] Kenya K000386316 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2824A] Uganda K003430387 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.M. [6562] Somalia K003799135 Yes
Mathew, B. [6535] Kenya K000386315 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24622] Somalia K003799131 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10184] Tanzania K003430429 Yes
Harker, K.W. [359] Uganda K003430390 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4632] Ethiopia K003799121 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel, S.P.; Gwynne [334] Kenya K000386350 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. [597] Kenya K000386317 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22153] Somalia K003799126 Yes
M.N.H. [1288] Eritrea K003799120 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2118] Kenya K000386341 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17645] Somalia K003799132 Yes
Burzlaff, D. [60] Kenya K000386337 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K003799124 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4632] Ethiopia K003799122 Yes
Verdcourt [942] Tanzania K003430428 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel, S.P.; Tucker; Gwynne [1998] Kenya K000386345 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel, S.P.; Gwynne [833] Kenya K000386354 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.M. [6650] Somalia K003799134 Yes
Gagah, C.N. [ALP148] Kenya K000386319 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel, S.P.; Gwynne [1533] Kenya K000386346 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [3] Kenya K000386351 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [12789] Kenya K000386357 Yes
Myers, J.G. [13993] Sudan K003799118 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Khalid, A.; Osman, A. [10622] Somalia K003799125 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22522] Somalia K003799130 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2257] Kenya K000386342 Yes
West, O. [4140] Tanzania K003430427 Yes
Powys, G. [484] Kenya K000386329 Yes
Leippert [5661] Tanzania K003430425 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9775] Kenya K000386356 Yes
Wilson, J. [1413] Uganda K003430385 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7795] Tanzania K003430430 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3627] Kenya K000386340 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Dahir, A.M. [7273] Somalia K003799136 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [3535] Kenya K000386353 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0