Poaceae
Dignathia

Dignathia hirtella Stapf

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 30: t. 2950 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to N. Tanzania, S. Arabian Peninsula, NW. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen

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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.1. epublication.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 34 (1958).
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 443 (1932).
  • Stapf in Hook., Ic. Pl. 30, t. 2950 (1911).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [3683] Ethiopia K003920832 Yes
Ament, J.G. [439] Kenya K003920901 Yes
Rose Innes, R.; Trump, E.C. [RRI1003] Somalia K003920854 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13317] Kenya K003920904 No
Rose Innes, R. [RRI671] Somalia K003920847 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2697] Yemen K003920810 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI771] Somalia K003920853 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13317] Kenya K003920906 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Jones, Q. [1967] Kenya K003920908 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A. [5162] Somalia K003920852 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Elmi; Rodol [765] Somalia K003920848 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [1983] Somalia K003920851 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9115] Oman K003920815 Yes
Bavazzano, R. [1973] Somalia K003920850 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K173] Kenya K003920897 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [N1029] Somalia K003920849 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Kanuri [1236] Kenya K003920898 Yes
Wieland, R. [1140] Somalia K003920838 Yes
[G]underson, W. T. [11] Kenya K003920902 Yes
Thulin, M.; Bashir, A.M. [6791] Somalia K003920840 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7551] Oman K003920817 Yes
Herlocker [S52] Somalia K003920844 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/785] Kenya K003920899 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13022] Kenya K003920903 Yes
Cope, T.A. [466] Oman K003920813 Yes
Cope, T.A. [623] Oman K003920811 Yes
van Swinderen, H. [M20] Kenya K003920905 Yes
Rose Innes, R.; Trump, E.C. [RRI1018] Somalia K003920845 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M.; Julin, H. [24937/A] Somalia K003920846 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [5251] Kenya K003920907 Yes
Friis, I.; Weber, O.; Abebe, W.; Abubaker Atem; Ermias Getachew [15188] Ethiopia K003920835 Yes
Raimondo, F.M. [7/82] Somalia K003920858 Yes
Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [57] Somalia K003920857 Yes
Peveling [G18] Somalia K003920856 Yes
Cope, T.A. [610] Oman K003920812 Yes
Linton, A. [4] Kenya K000255479 Type Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8585] Ethiopia K003920834 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI710] Somalia K003920839 Yes
Jain, S.K.; Raizada, M.B. [46941] India K003920818 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [272] Somalia K003920841 Yes
Moss, N. [s.n.] Oman K003920809 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [745] Kenya K003920900 Yes
Guarino, L. [10] Oman K003920816 Yes
Cope, T.A. [362] Oman K003920814 Yes
Ciferri, R. [121] Somalia K003920837 Yes
Elmi, A.A.; Hansen, O.J. [4004] Somalia K003920836 Yes
Peveling [G40] Somalia K003920855 Yes
Kuchar, P. [15638] Somalia K003920842 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI838] Somalia K003920843 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K. [7512] Ethiopia K003920833 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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