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, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Myanmar
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Milium minutiflorum Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 121 (1834), nom. superfl.
- Panicum perrottetii Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 2: 395 (1831)
- Paspalum perrottetii (Kunth) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 7: 20 (1896)
- Syntherisma perrottetii (Kunth) Chase in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 191 (1906)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Digitaria floribunda Goetgh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 45: 415 (1975)
- Digitaria perrottetii var. angustifolia Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 949 (1950), nom. nud.
- Digitaria perrottetii var. gondaensis Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 550 (1950)
- Panicum cristatum Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 548 (1864), nom. illeg.
- Panicum pseudoagrostis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 71 (1853)
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? |
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Siame, W. [382], Tanzania | K000281440 | isotype | Yes | ||
Roger, Senegal | K000281538 | isotype | Yes | ||
Bidgood, S. [6423], Tanzania | K000468002 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- 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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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical 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