Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Yemen
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria commutata subsp. nodosa (Parl.) Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 1: 301 (1952)
- Digitaria parlatorei (Steud.) Chiov. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 41 (1914)
- Panicum commutatum var. nodosum (Parl.) T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 744 (1894)
- Panicum parlatorei Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 40 (1853)
- Syntherisma nodosa (Parl.) Newbould in Torreya 24: 9 (1924)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria pirifera (Chiov.) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 568 (1950)
- Digitaria pyriformis Chiov. in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 225 (1916), orth. var.
- Panicum pabulare Aitch. & Hemsl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 190 (1882)
- Panicum piriferum Chiov. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 295 (1908 publ. 1907)
- Paspalum pabulare (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Brühl in Paspalum, Digitaria & Anastrophus: 206 (1922)
- Paspalum sanguinale var. pabulare (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 7: 15 (1896)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- 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.
- Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- 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.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- 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.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- 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.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 331 (1929).
- F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 438 (1956).
- Parl., Pl. Nov. Min. Not.: 39 (1842).
- Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 433 (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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Nov 1, 2013 | El-Keblawy, A. [1790], United Arab Emirates | K000568937 | No | ||
Aitchison, J.E.T. [531], Afghanistan | K000885987 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Bolle, C. [s.n.], Cape Verde | K001134417 | No | |||
Aitchison, J.E.T. [531], Afghanistan | K000885988 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.], Cape Verde | K001134416 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- 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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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