Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria pennata (Hochst.) T.Cooke

First published in Fl. Bombay 2: 941 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa to India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 48 (1958).
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 331 (1929).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 77 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 433 (1956).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 472 (1919).
  • T. Cooke, Fl. Bombay 2: 941 (1908).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Hassan, A.S. [4817] Somalia K003798765 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15629] Somalia K003798758 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1467] Kenya K003799404 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI810] Somalia K003798762 Yes
Qaiser, M.; Ghafoor, A. [4064] Pakistan K003795113 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [1649] Ethiopia K003798741 Yes
Kabir [15248] India K003795120 Yes
Ash; Winter, D. [2437] Ethiopia K003798743 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1269] Tanzania K003799411 Yes
Verdcourt [2077] Kenya K003799408 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003795118 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [8352A] Oman K002389354 Yes
Raizada, M.B. [23914] India K003795119 Yes
Verdcourt [3884] Kenya K003799407 Yes
Pratt [75114] K002389350 Yes
Thairu, N. [107] Kenya K003799406 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [324] Yemen K002389348 Yes
Cope, T.A. [374] Oman K002389355 Yes
Haarer, A. [1269] Tanzania K003799412 Yes
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [609] Ethiopia K003798744 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4904] Somalia K003798753 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S125] Somalia K003798754 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein [5646] Somalia K003798757 Yes
Lunt, W. [306] K002389351 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Hassan, A. [9183] Somalia K003798747 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein [[5720]] Somalia K003798755 Yes
Gillet [81] Ethiopia K003798745 Yes
Cope, T.A. [598] Oman K002389353 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [339] Ethiopia K003798733 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1872] Ethiopia K003798732 Yes
Burger, W. [2966] Ethiopia K003798729 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4904] Somalia K003798746 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3154] Ethiopia K003798742 Yes
Kuchar, P. [15586] Somalia K003798761 Yes
Haarer, A. [1269] Tanzania K003799413 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1193] K002389349 Yes
Kuchar, P. [15530] Somalia K003798760 Yes
Peck, E.F. [333] Somalia K003798767 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [53] Somalia K003798750 Yes
Burger, W. [2966] Ethiopia K003798728 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [1183] Pakistan K003795116 Yes
Ebba, T. [102] Ethiopia K003798730 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [s.n.] Somalia K003798752 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [204] Somalia K003798759 Yes
Peck, E.F. [246] Somalia K003798768 Yes
Burger, W. [3279] Ethiopia K003798738 Yes
Santapau, H. [16696] India K003795117 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1008] Ethiopia K003798726 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12884] Kenya K003799403 Yes
[Frere] [8] Pakistan K003795114 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8701] Ethiopia K003798736 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [151] Somalia K003798748 Yes
Ellis, P.E. [200] Ethiopia K003798735 Yes
Godfrey-Faussett, B. [68] Somalia K003798769 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8701] Ethiopia K003798740 Yes
Pappi, A. [2579] Eritrea K003798727 Yes
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [121] Ethiopia K003798737 Yes
Frere [s.n.] Pakistan K003795115 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [151] Somalia K003798749 Yes
Archer, P.G. [627] Kenya K003799405 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI624] Somalia K003798766 Yes
Praet, V.; [U. N. D. P]; [F. A. O] [s.n.] Kenya K003799410 Yes
MacDonald, J.R. [3622] Oman K002389356 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [16105] Somalia K003798756 Yes
Wieland, R. [1987] Somalia K003798763 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4824] Yemen K002389347 Yes
Wieland, R. [1172] Somalia K003798764 Yes
McLeish, I. [2747] Oman K002389352 Yes
Game Warden [s.n.] Kenya K003799409 Yes
Ellis, P.E. [200] Ethiopia K003798739 Yes
Ellis, P.E. [200] Ethiopia K003798734 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2356] Ethiopia K003798731 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [53] Somalia K003798751 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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