Digitaria eriantha

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Digitaria eriantha
Digitaria eriantha

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Anthephorinae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: Digitaria eriantha

Name edit

Digitaria eriantha Steud. Flora 12: 468 (1829)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Digitaria commutata subsp. eriantha (Steud.) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 301 (1952).
  • Heterotypic
    • Digitaria eriantha var. stolonifera Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 375 (1898).
    • Digitaria hiascens Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921).
    • Digitaria smutsii Stent, Bothalia 1: 268 (1924).
    • Digitaria decumbens Stent, Bothalia 3: 150 (1930).
    • Digitaria geniculata Stent, Bothalia 3: 154 (1930).
    • Digitaria glauca Stent, Bothalia 3: 151 (1930), nom. illeg.
    • Digitaria glauca var. bechuanica Stent, Bothalia 3: 152 (1930).
    • Digitaria pentzii Stent, Bothalia 3: 147 (1930).
    • Digitaria pentzii var. minor Stent, Bothalia 3: 148 (1930).
    • Digitaria valida Stent, Bothalia 3: 148 (1930).
    • Digitaria valida var. glauca Stent, Bothalia 3: 149 (1930).
    • Digitaria dinteri Henrard, Blumea 1: 97 (1934).
    • Digitaria livida Henrard, Blumea 1: 101 (1934).
    • Digitaria stentiana Henrard, Blumea 1: 97 (1934).
    • Digitaria bechuanica (Stent) Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria: 295 (1950).
    • Digitaria nemoralis Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria: 488 (1950).
    • Digitaria pentzii var. stolonifera (Stapf) Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria: 544 (1950).
    • Digitaria eriantha subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok, Bothalia 13: 457 (1981).
    • Digitaria eriantha subsp. stolonifera (Stapf) Kok, Bothalia 13: 457 (1981), no basionym ref.
    • Digitaria eriantha subsp. transvaalensis Kok, Bothalia 13: 457 (1981).
    • Digitaria umfolozi D.W.Hall, Turrialba 33: 327 (1983).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Leeward Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: Vingergras, Smutsvingergras
English: Common finger grass, Digit grass, Pangola grass, Woolly finger grass
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