Poaceae
Dignathia

Dignathia villosa C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 293 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Somalia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Somalia

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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Thulin, M. [5659] Somalia K003920872 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15315] Somalia K003920875 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [413] Ethiopia K003920863 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15348] Somalia K003920878 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [478] Somalia K003920879 Yes
Hudleston, J. [15] Ethiopia K003920859 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4263] Somalia K003920873 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1840] Ethiopia K003920861 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1741] Somalia K003920867 Yes
Peck, E.F. [376] Somalia K003920876 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [965] Somalia K003920877 Yes
s.coll. [4201] Somalia K003920869 Yes
Ellis, P.E. [204] Ethiopia K003920862 Yes
Lavranos; Carter [24662] Somalia K003920866 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [38] Somalia K003920880 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2107] Ethiopia K003920864 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22055] Somalia K003920881 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4201] Somalia K003920868 Yes
Thulin, M.; Abdi, M.D. [6527] Somalia K003920871 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [213] Somalia K003920882 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4650] Somalia K003920874 Yes
Simmons [S170] Ethiopia K003920860 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Abdi, M.D. [7335] Somalia K003920870 Yes
Ashall, C. [11938] Somalia K003920865 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

  • 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