Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria rivae (Chiov.) Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 213 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Socotra, Somalia, Tanzania

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.
  • 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., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 443 (1932).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 77 (1965).
  • Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1907: 213 (1907)
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 456 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1973 Gillett, J.B. [195] Kenya K000386218 Yes
May 1, 1973 Mackay, W. [11] Kenya K000386230 Yes
Mar 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB3917] Kenya K000386223 Yes
Mar 1, 1973 Bogdan, A. [AB3902] Kenya K000386224 Yes
Tsaha [90] Somalia K003798899 Yes
Ng'ang'a, S.K. [137] Kenya K000386219 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [12779] Kenya K000386227 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [1028] Somalia K003798905 Yes
Terry, P. [3413] Somalia K003798901 Yes
Godding, H.C. [52] Somalia K003798912 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M. [7165] Somalia K003798903 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2183] Somalia K003798889 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24294] Tanzania K003799788 Yes
Adamson, T. [19] Kenya K000386221 Yes
Godding, H.C. [51] Somalia K003798913 Yes
Hemingway, P. [811] Kenya K000386226 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2144] Somalia K003798914 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [B195] Somalia K003798886 Yes
Herlocker, D. [S373] Somalia K003798892 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S259] Somalia K003798887 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4251] Somalia K003798893 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [981] Ethiopia K003798868 Yes
Kuchar, P. [16996] Somalia K003798895 Yes
Pratt, D.G. [MS262] Kenya K000386228 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6136] Somalia K003798888 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI699] Somalia K003798902 Yes
Leuthold, W. [113] Kenya K000386225 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [183] Somalia K003798896 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI815] Somalia K003798897 Yes
Haerdi, F. [1839] Kenya K000386229 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1285] Tanzania K003799786 Yes
Burger, W. [2791] Ethiopia K003798869 Yes
Terry, P. [3435] Somalia K003798900 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.; Hassan, A. [9182] Somalia K003798908 Yes
Chedeville, E. [2048] Somalia K003798910 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3179] Ethiopia K003798867 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [6941] Kenya K000386217 Yes
Rippstein, G. [841] Ethiopia K003798864 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [12796] Kenya K000386215 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [630] Somalia K003798904 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9752] Kenya K000386216 No
Bay [[121]] Djibouti K003798909 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1327] Kenya K000386220 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [73.] Somalia K003798911 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S122A] Somalia K003798890 Yes
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [131] Ethiopia K000281509 Holotype Yes
Eagleton, G. [38] Somalia K003798898 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [CFH197] Somalia K003798894 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [1076] Somalia K003798891 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3362] Ethiopia K003798866 Yes
Peterson, D. [414] Tanzania K003799787 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1431] Somalia K003798906 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S65] Somalia K003798915 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [208] Djibouti K003798907 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K.B. [7433] Ethiopia K003798865 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4971] Kenya K000386222 Yes

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  • 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/
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    • 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