Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria rukwae Clayton

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

Distribution

Native to:

KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia

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

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?
Dec 1, 1974 Siame, W. [602] Tanzania K000281510 Type Yes
Backlund, H.O. [s.n.] Tanzania K003799789 Yes
Chabwela, H. [4004] Tanzania K003799794 Yes
Siame, W. [437A] Tanzania K003799798 Yes
Torre, A.R. [4932] Mozambique K003431388 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1659KBS] Zambia K003431381 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1239KBS] Zambia K003431379 Yes
Astle, W.L. [207] Zambia K003431386 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3178] Tanzania K003799800 Yes
Sayalel, P.O. [5191] Tanzania K003799791 Yes
Torre, A.R. [s.n.] Mozambique K003431387 Yes
Procter, J. [2372] Tanzania K003799797 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2781] Zambia K003431382 Yes
Procter, J. [2364] Tanzania K003799793 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [973] Zambia K003431385 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [s.n.] Zambia K003431384 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3178] Tanzania K003799799 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3603] Tanzania K003799796 Yes
Myre, M.; Balsinhas, A. [550] Mozambique K003431389 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1193] Zambia K003431380 Yes
White, F. [6692] Zambia K003431383 Yes
Pedersen, C. [915] Tanzania K003799790 Yes
St. Clair-Thompson [949] Tanzania K003799792 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1308] Zambia K003431378 Yes
Milne [H2/29] Tanzania K003799795 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