Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria monodactyla (Nees) Stapf

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 373 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to Tanzania and S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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. (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.
  • 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.

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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Stapf in Fl. Cap. 7: 373 (1898).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 25, 1977 Drège [374] South Africa K000281359 Type Yes
Appleton, A.F. [4] South Africa K003433006 Yes
{Lotsy; Goddijn} [476] South Africa K003433008 Yes
Mawalla, E. [4991] Tanzania K003430107 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1234] South Africa K003433025 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [743] Lesotho K003433044 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N361] South Africa K003433027 Yes
Walters, J.A.S. [3057] Zimbabwe K003431650 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2457] Angola K003431658 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [127] Zimbabwe K003431644 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [2662] Angola K003431654 Yes
Astle, W.L. [521] Zambia K003431618 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8284] Tanzania K001651182 Yes
Gossweiler [11552] Angola K003431655 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [743] Lesotho K003433045 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1836] Zambia K003431619 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [7431] Angola K003431656 Yes
Nyariri, P. [677] Zimbabwe K003431629 Yes
Smook, L. [1156] South Africa K003432995 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [2823] Angola K003431657 Yes
Vorontsova, M.S.; Mashau, A.C.; Lehmann, C.; Solofondranohatra, C.L.; Archibald, S.; Rickenback, J.; Hempson, G.P.; Donaldson, J.E.; Gordijn, P.; Steele, A. [2374] South Africa K001930344 No
Vorontsova, M.S.; Mashau, A.C.; Lehmann, C.; Solofondranohatra, C.L.; Archibald, S.; Rickenback, J.; Hempson, G.P.; Donaldson, J.E. [2359] South Africa K001930337 No
Vorontsova, M.S.; Mashau, A.C.; Lehmann, C.; Solofondranohatra, C.L.; Archibald, S.; Rickenback, J. [2325] South Africa K001930370 No
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa K003433041 Yes
Ferreira, N.A. [F123] K003433032 Yes
{Dieterle} [743] Lesotho K003433043 Yes
Brain, C.K. [2347] Zimbabwe K003431633 Yes
White, F. [6757] Zambia K003431623 Yes
Nobbs, A.G. [663] Zimbabwe K000281388 Syntype Yes
Hornby, H.E. [2352] Zimbabwe K003431638 Yes
Crook, A.O. [560] Zimbabwe K003431646 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1085] South Africa K003433016 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8640] Tanzania K003430109 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1760] Zimbabwe K003431648 Yes
Goosseus, A.P. [1033] South Africa K003433034 Yes
Brain, C.K. [3596] Zimbabwe K003431641 Yes
s.coll. [102] South Africa K003433014 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9079] Zambia K001589589 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8146] Tanzania K003430108 Yes
Santos, R. [806] Angola K003431652 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6799] South Africa K003433038 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1781] South Africa K003432994 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N371] South Africa K003433026 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1234] South Africa K003433020 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N371a] South Africa K003433028 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15422] South Africa K003433021 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1471] Zambia K003431613 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1013] South Africa K003432998 Yes
Devred, R. [2272] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798557 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2425] Angola K000281390 Type Yes
Eyles, F. [2970] Zimbabwe K003431627 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A142] Zambia K003431625 Yes
Crook, A.O. [560] Zimbabwe K003431634 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [9003] South Africa K003433009 Yes
Nicholas, A.; Everson, C.; Everson, T. [1230] South Africa K003433019 Yes
Schweicherdt, H.G. [1701] South Africa K003433012 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6818] Zambia K003431620 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [656] South Africa K003433013 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1045] Zambia K003431614 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1273] Zambia K003431616 Yes
Smook, L. [1053] South Africa K003433031 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [981] South Africa K003433023 Yes
Bews, J.W. [332] South Africa K003433007 Yes
[Jardaltray] [1534] Zimbabwe K003431642 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7596] Tanzania K003430111 Yes
[Groep] [3/67] South Africa K003433004 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [11917] South Africa K003433035 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [359] Zimbabwe K003431643 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6203] Zambia K003431621 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4059] Angola K003431653 Yes
Crook, A.O. [618] Zimbabwe K003431651 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1888] Zambia K003431615 Yes
{Buchanan} [s.n.] South Africa K003433040 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16211] Zimbabwe K003431628 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1073] South Africa K003432996 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [62] Zimbabwe K003431637 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [s.n.] Zambia K003431624 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [152] Zimbabwe K003431640 Yes
Brain, C.K. [1878] Zimbabwe K003431635 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [418] South Africa K003433000 Yes
Acocks; Naudé [2] South Africa K003433011 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1326] Zambia K003431617 Yes
Gossweiler [8869] Angola K003431659 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4439] K003432993 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7658] Tanzania K003430110 Yes
Schlechter, R. [3781] South Africa K003433015 Yes
Plowes, D. [1114] Zimbabwe K003431639 Yes
Davidse, G. [6971] South Africa K003433037 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9950] South Africa K003433030 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1266] South Africa K003433029 Yes
Dieterlen, M.; [illegible] Dieterlen [743] Lesotho K003433046 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2909] Zambia K003431622 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [9946] Zambia K003431612 Yes
Ruch, M. [2290] Lesotho K003433042 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [981] South Africa K003433022 Yes
Merxmuller, H. [450] South Africa K003433003 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1534] Zimbabwe K003431631 Yes
Mundy, H.G. Zimbabwe K000281389 Type Yes
Davidse, G. [6971] South Africa K003433036 Yes
Welw. [7431] Zimbabwe K003431649 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2570] South Africa K003433002 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [981] South Africa K003433024 Yes
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. [83] South Africa K003432999 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Mogg [2857] South Africa K003433005 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd [205] South Africa K003433010 Yes
Fisher, B.S. [1144] Zimbabwe K003431645 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [1942] South Africa K003433017 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [2964] South Africa K003432997 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [714] South Africa K003433001 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [299] Zambia K003431626 Yes
Dye, P.J. [379] Zimbabwe K003431630 Yes
Chabwela, H. [3985] Tanzania K003430106 Yes
Brain, C.K. [2612] Zimbabwe K003431636 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1705] Zimbabwe K003431647 Yes
Schlechter, R. [2715] South Africa K003433018 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1674] Zimbabwe K003431632 Yes
Goosseus, A.P. [1033] South Africa K003433039 Yes
Smook; Russell, G. [2280] South Africa K003433033 Yes

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