Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.

First published in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 225 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Eritrea and S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Digitaria abyssinica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Simpson, N.D. [7289] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799198 Yes
Harrison, H.M. [1274b] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799200 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799199 Yes
Pettet, A. [E20] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799203 Yes
Foster, W.H. [37] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799201 Yes
s.coll. [3015] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799195 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799197 Yes
Tackholm, V.; Boulos, L.; Zahran, M. [s.n.] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799202 Yes
Kassas, M.; Mobarak, M.O.; Omar, H. [319] Sudan Digitaria ciliaris K003799204 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia Digitaria ciliaris K003799196 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images