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, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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 Champion, A.H. [T164], Kenya K000386325 No
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB1602], Kenya K000386343 No
May 1, 1973 Swinderen, H. van [M137], Kenya K000386321 No
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB1371], Kenya K000386332 No
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [1627], Kenya K000386333 No
May 1, 1973 Bally [B5191], Kenya K000386349 No
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [83], Kenya K000386335 No
May 1, 1973 Stewart, D.R.M. [448], Kenya K000386334 No
May 1, 1973 Wilson, G. [68], Kenya K000386336 No
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [1671], Kenya K000386322 No
May 1, 1973 Greenway, P.J. [4471], Kenya K000386347 No
May 1, 1973 Edwards, D.C. [1611], Kenya K000386326 No
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB2092], Kenya K000386330 No
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB1873], Kenya K000386338 No
May 1, 1973 West, O. [5213], Kenya K000386323 No
May 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB2117], Kenya K000386339 Yes
May 1, 1973 Stewart, D.R.M. [456], Kenya K000386324 No
Sep 1, 1926 Shantz, H.L. [872], Kenya K000386314 No
Glover, P.E. [334], Kenya K000386350 No
Edwards, D.C. [3], Kenya K000386351 No
Glover, P.E. [3686], Kenya K000386352 No
Greenway, P.J. [9775], Kenya K000386356 No
Stewart, D.R.M. [597], Kenya K000386317 No
Gagah, C.N. [ALP148], Kenya K000386319 No
Bogdan, A. [AB3627], Kenya K000386340 No
Bogdan, A. [AB2118], Kenya K000386341 No
Glover, P.E. [1533], Kenya K000386346 No
Glover, P.E. [2843], Kenya K000386355 No
Mathew, B. [6535], Kenya K000386315 No
Leuthold, W. [58], Kenya K000386358 No
Greenway, P.J. [12789], Kenya K000386357 No
Kokwaro, J.O. [3535], Kenya K000386353 No
Bogdan, A. [AB2257], Kenya K000386342 No
Powys, G. [484], Kenya K000386329 No
Burzlaff, D. [60], Kenya K000386337 No
illegible [1878/24], Kenya K000386320 No
Verdcourt, B. [2295], Kenya K000386348 No
Adamson, T. [28], Kenya K000386316 No
McKay, A.D. [15], Kenya K000386327 No
Glover, P.E. [1998], Kenya K000386345 Yes
Glover, P.E. [679], Kenya K000386344 No
Stewart, D.R.M. [594], Kenya K000386318 No
Napper, D.M. [549], Kenya K000386331 No
Glover, P.E. [833], Kenya K000386354 No
Heady, H.F. [1313], Kenya K000386328 No

Sources

  • 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

    • 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 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

  • 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