Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria perrottetii (Kunth) Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 435 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Chad, DR Congo, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Myanmar

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 879
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 403.
  • Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 547 (1950)
  • in F.T.A. 9: 435 (1919)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 49 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 452 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 78 (1965).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 36 (1958).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 435 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Barker, F. [A15] Malawi K003431685 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4718] Kenya K003430115 Yes
Marshall, T.H. [62] Tanzania K003430150 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traore, S. [17900] Senegal K003797960 Yes
Nicholson, B.D. [16] Tanzania K003430122 Yes
s.coll. [519] K003798562 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1674] Botswana K003431743 Yes
[R. P. Dening] [3550] Zimbabwe K003431705 Yes
[C. Pêtre] [s.n.] Tanzania K003430142 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D42] Tanzania K003430152 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [137] Tanzania K003430119 Yes
Dunham, K.M. [374] Zimbabwe K003431699 Yes
Welch, J.R. [557] Tanzania K003430139 Yes
Dunham, K.M. [302] Zimbabwe K003431698 Yes
Crook, A.O. [2367] Zimbabwe K003431729 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9469] Tanzania K003430132 Yes
Reekmans, M. [7700] Burundi K003798559 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traore, S. [17900] Senegal K003797959 Yes
Senegambia [448] Senegal K003797962 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1274] Zimbabwe K003431703 Yes
Dunham, K.M. [302] Zimbabwe K003431695 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/173] Malawi K003431690 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T242] Tanzania K003430147 Yes
s.coll. [6519] Burundi K003798563 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [281] Tanzania K003430123 Yes
Lawesson, J.E. [5390] Senegal K003797958 Yes
Brain, C.K. [8759] Zimbabwe K003431737 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Steele [1631] Malawi K003431676 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [1811] Zimbabwe K003431731 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1970] Tanzania K003430149 Yes
Lawrence, E. [274] Malawi K003431691 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1597] Tanzania K003430144 Yes
Adam, J.G. [1819] Senegal K003797961 Yes
Mussa, P. [163] Malawi K003431674 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [6562] Tanzania K003430138 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2335] Tanzania K003430121 Yes
B. Mhoro [1307a] Tanzania K003430155 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4521] Zambia K003431727 Yes
Torre, A.R. [4929] Mozambique K003431747 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4219] Tanzania K003430157 Yes
Pawek, J. [11021A] Malawi K003431673 Yes
McLean, F. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431736 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6708] Burundi K003798560 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431739 Yes
Barker, F. [A14] Malawi K003431680 Yes
Wilson, S.G. [s.n.] Malawi K003431692 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2749] Botswana K003431740 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [8055] Tanzania K003430130 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10972] Zambia K003431710 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2747] Angola K003431746 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/425] Malawi K003431681 Yes
Brown, E.S. [247] Tanzania K003430127 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1471] Tanzania K003430158 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [438] Malawi K003431687 Yes
Siame, W. [609] Zambia K003431718 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/512] Malawi K003431683 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [203] Zimbabwe K003431734 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [Z29] Zambia K003431719 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [21] Botswana K003431742 Yes
B. Mhoro [601] Tanzania K003430156 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [A72] Zambia K003431728 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2548] Malawi K003431677 Yes
Prince, S.D. [104] Zambia K003431723 Yes
Musk, H. [H5/30/6] Tanzania K003430134 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [871] Tanzania K003430125 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [3275] Botswana K003431744 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2747] Angola K003431748 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2524] Tanzania K003430153 Yes
Reekmans, M. [11039] Burundi K003798558 No
Fenner, J.E.L. [317] Malawi K003431679 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431732 Yes
Clark, D.H.M. [82] Zimbabwe K003431702 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10972] Zambia K003431711 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/425] Malawi K003431682 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7406] Tanzania K003430133 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [5723] Zimbabwe K003431708 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3039] Zambia K003431717 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14469] Tanzania K003430141 Yes
Rodda, T. [32] Zimbabwe K003431733 Yes
Prince, S.D. [347] Zambia K003431725 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [900] Zimbabwe K003431738 Yes
Procter, J. [3304] Tanzania K003430151 Yes
Jackson, G. [1053] Malawi K003431694 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [291] Zambia K003431720 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2579] Tanzania K003430117 Yes
Burnett, G.F. [49/40] Tanzania K003430128 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [133] Zambia K003431721 Yes
Germain, R. [6298] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798565 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [H2364] Zimbabwe K003431730 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7947] Tanzania K003430116 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2096] Zimbabwe K003431704 Yes
Siame, W. [382] Tanzania K000281440 Isotype Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1314] Zambia K003431713 Yes
Jackson, G. [1053] Malawi K003431693 Yes
Germain, R. [6298] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798564 Yes
Davies, R. [D1043] Zimbabwe K003431706 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13990] Tanzania K003430131 Yes
s.coll. [19] Botswana K003431745 Yes
s.coll. [519] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798561 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs); Arasululu, S. [25937] Tanzania K003430145 Yes
Childs, A.H.B. [130] Tanzania K003430126 Yes
Gonde, P. [31/73] Zimbabwe K003431696 Yes
Prince, S.D. [324] Zambia K003431724 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [T156] Tanzania K003430137 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6423] Tanzania K000468002 Yes
Banda, E.A. [343] Malawi K003431675 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [438] Tanzania K003430136 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [176] Zimbabwe K003431735 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9317] Tanzania K003430154 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [337] Malawi K003431686 Yes
Pardy, A.A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003431709 Yes
Cole, M. [C13] Tanzania K003430120 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/173] Malawi K003431689 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6787] Zambia K003431712 Yes
Siame, W. [437] Tanzania K003430146 Yes
Fenner, J.E.L. [145] Malawi K003431678 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [5723] Zimbabwe K003431707 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [7291] Tanzania K003430140 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [2604] Zimbabwe K003431700 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3716] Tanzania K003430129 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1911] Tanzania K003430135 Yes
Cormack, A.B. [462] Malawi K003431688 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5668] Tanzania K003430118 Yes
Heudelot [448] Senegal K003797963 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6449] Zambia K003431714 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2292] Zimbabwe K003431697 Yes
Rees, A.F. [116] Tanzania K003430124 Yes
Roger Senegal K000281538 Type Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1502] Zimbabwe K003431701 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1128] Zambia K003431716 Yes
Backlund, H.O. [B14] Tanzania K003430159 Yes
Prince, S.D. [396] Zambia K003431722 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/512] Malawi K003431684 Yes
Wingfield, R. [2181] Tanzania K003430148 Yes
Prince, S.D. [396] Zambia K003431726 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2352] Botswana K003431741 Yes
Pielou, D.P. [94] Tanzania K003430143 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1987] Zambia K003431715 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5542] Zambia Digitaria floribunda K003431751 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0944] Zambia Digitaria floribunda K003431749 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5058] Zambia Digitaria floribunda K003431750 Yes

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