Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria pseudodiagonalis Chiov.

First published in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 63 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Réunion. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chiov. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 63 (Jan. 1919).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 55 (1934).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Schimper [799] Ethiopia K000281501 Isosyntype Yes
Phillipson, P.B.; Clement, R.A.; Rafamanatsoa, G. [3824] Madagascar K003432564 Yes
Quarre, P. [6944] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798138 Yes
Brosser, F. [1113] Madagascar K003432565 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8330] Zambia K001589585 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8661] Zambia K001589587 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2685] Sierra Leone K003797578 Yes
Schimper [155a] K003798681 Yes
Parker, C. [E135] Ethiopia K003798683 Yes
van der Ben, D. [2529] Burundi K003798143 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9215] Burundi K003798142 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1701] Guinea K003797573 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1478] Zambia K000281396 Isotype Yes
Quarre, P. [6944] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798139 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6290] Burundi K003798141 Yes
[G. W. Grabham] [H6/21] Ethiopia K003798679 Yes
Germain [7089] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798140 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1701] Guinea K003797572 Yes
Schimper [1550] Ethiopia K003798682 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [328] Sierra Leone K003797576 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12560] Guinea K003797571 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2684] Sierra Leone K003797574 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [10994] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798137 Yes
Gledhill, D. [DG520] Sierra Leone K003797575 Yes
s.coll. [P223] Sierra Leone K003797570 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [328] Sierra Leone K003797577 Yes
Mogk, M. [422] Ethiopia K003798680 Yes
Emson, H.E. [97] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799224 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [AB1604] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799219 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2071] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799228 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23951] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799233 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [829] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799225 Yes
[Kafamba; Mbatia] [22] Uganda Digitaria minutiflora K003799218 Yes
Staples, R.R. [272] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799230 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10187] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799222 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3278] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799231 Yes
Jacobsen, E. (Mrs.) [15] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799221 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T245] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799220 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1791A] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799229 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1884] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799226 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10351] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799223 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6641] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799232 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [1026] Tanzania Digitaria minutiflora K003799227 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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