Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria gayana (Kunth) A.Chev.

First published in Sudania 1: 163 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 398.
  • Chev. Bot. 732
  • F.T.A. 9: 449
  • Henr. Monogr. Digitaria 278 (1950)
  • Sudania 1: 163 (1911)
  • in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 880

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Chev., Sudania 1: 163 (1911).
  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 49 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 453 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 75 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 14(1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 435 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 25 (1960).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 32 (1934).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 449 (1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797856 Yes
s.coll. [1128] Nigeria K003797895 Yes
Pirie, J. [7/33] Gambia, The K003797806 Yes
Berhaut [2817] Senegal K003797794 Yes
Wit, P. [3163] Cameroon K003798397 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Sobere, T. [17798] Senegal K003797795 Yes
Barter [718] Niger K003797887 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [30254] Ghana K003797862 Yes
Fasseaux, W. [1076] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798423 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1181] Burkina Faso K003797808 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9146] Zambia K001560840 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9386] Zambia K001560838 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9760] Zambia K001560843 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5112] Tanzania K000190340 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1222] Uganda K003799766 Yes
s.coll. [3828] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798418 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [3212] Guinea-Bissau K003797800 Yes
Davey, J.T. [064] Mali K003797803 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4429] Burkina Faso K003797811 Yes
Vanderyst [2651] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798415 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Goudiaby, A.; Madsen, J.E. [17359] Senegal K003797798 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2314] Benin K003797815 Yes
Wickens, J.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003798877 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797855 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3690] Central African Republic K003798403 Yes
Wickens, J.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003798873 Yes
Vogel [163] Nigeria K003797889 Yes
de Winter, B.D. [9203] Namibia K003432919 Yes
Rossetti [128] Mali K003797804 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3199] Central African Republic K003798406 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6873] Burundi K003798427 Yes
Espirito Santo, J.V.G. [3072] Guinea-Bissau K003797801 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [14093] Ghana K003797865 Yes
Scholz [s.n.] Burkina Faso K003797810 Yes
s.coll. [1500] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798409 Yes
Wilson, J. [2117] Uganda K003799769 Yes
Beal, W.P.B. [6] Ghana K003797871 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [9619] Central African Republic K003798408 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4574] Namibia K003432920 Yes
Liben, L. [3533] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798422 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [602] Nigeria K003797879 Yes
Wickens, J.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003798876 Yes
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI65917] Nigeria K003797890 Yes
de Witte [3285] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798426 Yes
Hulberg, B. [282] Central African Republic K003798405 Yes
Grove, A.T. [46] Nigeria K003797884 Yes
[Ptsctt] [17960] Togo K003797818 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4337] Kenya K003799770 Yes
s.coll. [3029] Sudan K003798878 Yes
Wickens, J.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003798874 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [375] Nigeria K003797877 Yes
Hagerup, O. [482] Niger K003797813 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2335] Sudan K003798870 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Madsen, J.E.; Traoré, S.A. [16968] Senegal K003797797 Yes
s.coll. [1495] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798411 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabla, G.K. [4180] Ghana K003797859 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [3410] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798414 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/272] South Sudan K003798872 Yes
s.coll. [150[9]] Cameroon K003798402 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [80] Ghana K003797860 Yes
Palmer, J.H. [7] Nigeria K003797891 Yes
Vigne, C. [4541] Ghana K003797864 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [3836] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798412 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797857 Yes
Terry, P.J. [3099] Gambia, The K003797805 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [501] Nigeria K001666471 No
Harrison, M.N. [992] Sudan K003798881 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797867 Yes
Bartha, R. [61] Niger K003797812 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6414] Cameroon K003798401 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [489] Nigeria K003797878 Yes
Kalema, J. [3265] Uganda K003799763 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Sobere, T. [17866] Senegal K003797792 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [885] Tanzania K003799773 Yes
Bjørnstad, A. [AB1552] Tanzania K003799774 Yes
Pase, C. [3125] Niger K003797814 Yes
Farrow, R.A. [110a] Mali K003797793 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3060] Tanzania K003799778 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [82(96)] Sudan K003798871 Yes
Wickens, J.E. [241] Sudan K003798875 Yes
Beal, W.P.B. [48] Ghana K003797872 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7471] South Sudan K003798879 Yes
Tuley, P. [1524] Nigeria K003797874 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3669] Ghana K003797869 Yes
Pfund, D. [169] Sudan K003798882 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [FHI46550] Nigeria K003797873 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [3279] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798416 Yes
Jackson, G. [118968] Nigeria K003797880 Yes
Tuley [812] Nigeria K003797876 Yes
Liben, L. [1912] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798421 Yes
Muerillon, A. [962] Cameroon K003798399 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [[MRC3341]] Tanzania K003799772 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4604] Ghana K003797870 Yes
De Leeuw, P.N.D. [1013] Nigeria K003797894 Yes
Goodall, D.W. [15918] Ghana K003797858 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1414] Tanzania K003799777 Yes
Rossetti, C. [61/313] Mauritania K003797799 Yes
Rose Innes, L.R. [s.n.] Togo K003797817 Yes
Vogel (Dr.) [163] Niger K003797888 Yes
Apejoze [512973] Nigeria K003797875 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K003798885 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1830] Uganda K003799768 Yes
Williams, T.L. [458] Ghana K003797863 Yes
Wilson, J. [2] Uganda K003799767 Yes
Dujardin [121] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798424 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T7a] Tanzania K003799775 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32637] Ghana K003797868 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [990] Sudan K003798884 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K003797861 No
Jackson, J.K. [2366] Sudan K003798880 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9202] Tanzania K003799771 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [9619] Central African Republic K003798407 Yes
Baikie [s.n.] Nigeria K003797886 Yes
{Ed. Bounougou} [47] Cameroon K003798398 Yes
Scholz [12] Burkina Faso K003797809 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [157] Nigeria K003797892 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [2617] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798417 Yes
Staples, R.R. [360] Tanzania K003799776 Yes
Dyson-Hudson [72] Uganda K003799765 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4065] Uganda K003799764 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K003797866 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC304] Nigeria K003797885 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [2623] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798413 Yes
Laurent, É. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798425 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [3335] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798419 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [501] Nigeria K003797882 Yes
Vanderyst [6315] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798410 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Sobere, T. [17826] Senegal K003797796 Yes
Vaillant, A. [2436] Cameroon K003798400 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI28027] Nigeria K003797881 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Togo K003797819 Yes
Kalema, J. [2678] Uganda K003799762 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] Niger K003797883 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3455] Central African Republic K003798404 Yes
Callens [3828] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003798420 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [4006] Sudan K003798883 Yes
Wheeler Harris, R. [371] Nigeria K003797893 Yes

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