Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria thouarsiana (Flüggé) A.Camus

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 75: 914 (1928 publ. 1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Kenya and S. Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Camus in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 75: 914 (1928).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Kafamba; Mbatia] [23] Uganda K003799638 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1702] Tanzania K003799662 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1727] Tanzania K003799661 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Fitzgerald, D.V. [12511] Tanzania K003799652 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9945] Burundi K003798332 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24533½] Tanzania K003799655 Yes
Davies, R.M. [21] Tanzania K003799666 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [514] Kenya K003799642 Yes
Langdale-Brown [2220] Uganda K003799635 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9957] Burundi K003798334 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Kabuye, C.H.S. [71/554] Kenya K003799643 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1910] Uganda K003799628 Yes
Symoens, F. [1962] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798328 Yes
[illegible] [1462] Tanzania K003799650 Yes
Letouzey, R. [5881] Cameroon K003798324 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1210] Uganda K003799636 Yes
Gutzwiller, R. [3484] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798329 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK3129] Uganda K003799626 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9945] Burundi K003798333 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1469] Kenya K003799645 Yes
Raynal, J. [20521] K003798335 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24930] Uganda K003799632 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [AB352] Tanzania K003799663 Yes
Lab Staff [T1189] Uganda K003799633 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4785] Uganda K003799624 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4737] Uganda K003799625 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [24798] Kenya K003799646 Yes
Chancellor, R.J. [99] Uganda K003799623 Yes
s.coll. [453] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798331 Yes
Hendrickz, F.L. [83] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798330 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [223] Kenya K003799639 Yes
Emson, H.E. [116] Tanzania K003799658 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1707] Uganda K003799630 Yes
[Aacort-Chandler] [133] Uganda K003799631 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1480] Kenya K003799648 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3232] Tanzania K003799664 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798325 Yes
Carlier [170] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798326 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3024] Kenya K003799649 Yes
Procter, J.; Taylor [876] Tanzania K003799656 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2455] Tanzania K003799657 Yes
Moll, E.J. [703] K003432830 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1830] Kenya K003799641 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67499] Kenya K003799644 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2619] Uganda K003799634 Yes
Davies, R.M. [16] Tanzania K003799665 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4573] Uganda K003799621 Yes
Germain, R. [6725] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798327 Yes
Hill, W.J. [H4/30/4] Tanzania K003799653 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [682] Uganda K003799627 Yes
Kenfoot, O. [1359] Kenya K003799647 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5174] Tanzania K003799659 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1240] Uganda K003799637 Yes
Rose, F. [10010] Uganda K003799622 Yes
Katende, A.B.; Lye, K. [K132A] Uganda K003799629 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3195] Kenya K003799640 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2467] Tanzania K003799651 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2483] Tanzania K003799660 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24534] Tanzania K003799654 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