Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria tricholaenoides Stapf

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 381 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Northern Provinces

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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., 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 25, 1977 Baur, R. [317] South Africa K000281328 Type Yes
May 25, 1977 Buchanan, J. [11] South Africa K000281326 Syntype Yes
May 25, 1977 Schlechter, F.R.R. [3346] South Africa K000281325 Type Yes
May 25, 1977 Buchanan [87] South Africa K000281327 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [26] South Africa K003432946 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Mogg [2849] South Africa K003432950 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2834] South Africa K003432942 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [13] South Africa K003432945 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [17483] South Africa K003432948 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9931] South Africa K003432957 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003432952 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa K003432937 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2662] South Africa K003432955 Yes
Leendertz, R. [2662] South Africa K003432939 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [824] South Africa K003432934 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [662] South Africa K003432935 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7002] South Africa K003432933 Yes
Burtt-Davy, J. [18941] South Africa K003432947 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N368] South Africa K003432956 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa K003432936 Yes
Godfrey, R.; Acocks, J. [SH1610] South Africa K003432941 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Mogg [2878] South Africa K003432951 Yes
Smook, L. [1701] South Africa K003432954 Yes
Smook, L. [2587] South Africa K003432944 Yes
West, O. [466] South Africa K003432958 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [785] South Africa K003432940 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [E&W56] South Africa K003432932 Yes
Dieterlen (M.); Dieterlen (Mme) [817] Lesotho K003432938 Yes
{Lotsy; Goddijn} [477] South Africa K003432943 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1262] South Africa K003432953 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Mogg [2849] South Africa K003432949 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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