Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria remotigluma (De Winter) Clayton

First published in Kew Bull. 29: 520 (1974)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Namibia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • W.D. Clayton in Kew Bulletin 29: 520 (1974).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Symoens [6859] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798240 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3370] Namibia K003433776 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [Z9] Zambia K003430887 Yes
de Winter, B. [3978] Namibia K000281316 Type Yes
de Winter, B. [3978] Namibia K000281315 Type Yes
Jackson, G. [686] Malawi K003430872 Yes
Jackson, G. [187] Malawi K003430873 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15735] Zimbabwe K003430890 Yes
Williamson, G. [1316] Zambia K003430878 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1089] Zambia K003430884 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16124B] Zimbabwe K003430892 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1764] Zambia K003430880 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15824] Zimbabwe K003430889 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [3151] Zambia K003430877 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1911] Zambia K003430879 Yes
Astle, W.L. [211] Zambia K003430883 Yes
de Winter, B. [4037] Namibia K003433777 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Bingham, P.E. [10796] Zambia K003430875 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16275] Zimbabwe K003430891 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [1772] Namibia K003433775 Yes
Crook, A.O. [756] Zimbabwe K003430893 Yes
Williamson, G. [1171] Zambia K003430876 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4304] Zambia K003430886 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [Z9] Zambia K003430888 No
Lisowski, S. [603] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798241 Yes
Jackson, G. [686] Malawi K003430871 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4304] Zambia K003430885 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1149] Zambia K003430881 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2659] Botswana K003430894 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1149] Zambia K003430882 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

  • 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