Poaceae
Digitaria

Digitaria neghellensis J.-P.Lebrun

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 10: 271 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia, S. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Oman

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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K.B. [7708] Ethiopia K003798858 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [33412] Ethiopia K003798859 Yes
Sanford in Mooney [7424] Ethiopia K003798855 Yes
Kuchar, P.; Abdi, A. [21541] Ethiopia K003798854 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7646] Oman K002389296 No
Collenette, I.S. [8410] Oman K002389291 No
Cope, T.A. [633] Oman K002389289 No
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [891] Ethiopia K003798857 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7749] Oman K002389295 No
Maconochie, J.R. [3635] Oman K002389297 No
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9324] Oman K002389284 No
Demissew, S. [2435] Ethiopia K003798856 No
McLeish, I. [2743] Oman K002389286 No
Cope, T.A. [552] Oman K002389290 No
McLeish, I. [2711] Oman K002389287 No
Cope, T.A. [398] Oman K002389293 No
McLeish, I. [2555] Oman K002389288 No
Collenette, I.S. [8352] Oman K002389292 No
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9158] Oman K002389294 No
Cope, T.A. [543] Oman K002389285 No

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