Digitaria abyssinica

Digitaria abyssinica

Digitaria abyssinica

Taxonavigation

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 abyssinica

Name

Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf, 1907

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Panicum abyssinicum Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 360 (1850).
• Homotypic
  • Syntherisma abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Newbould, Torreya 24: 8 (1924).
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum muticum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 362 (1850), nom. illeg.
  • Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 14: 356 (1853).
  • Panicum scalarum Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 20 (1894).
  • Panicum scalarum var. elatius Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 166 (1896).
  • Panicum kafuroense K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 334 (1897).
  • Panicum hackelii Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 118 (1901), nom. illeg.
  • Digitaria abyssinica var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 213 (1907).
  • Digitaria mutica Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 229 (1911), nom. superfl.
  • Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov., Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 225 (1916).
  • Digitaria somalensis Chiov., Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 224 (1916).
  • Digitaria hackelii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 459 (1919).
  • Digitaria eichingeri Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921).
  • Digitaria merkeri Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921).
  • Digitaria ciliaris Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 659 (1925), nom. illeg.
  • Digitaria abyssinica var. micrantha Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 60 (1930).
  • Digitaria scalarum var. elgonensis C.E.Hubb. & Snowden, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 111 (1934).
  • Digitaria tangaensis Henrard, Blumea 1: 103 (1934).
  • Digitaria lemeeana A.Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 51 (1945).
  • Digitaria vestita subvar. elgonensis (C.E.Hubb. & Snowden) Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria: 670 (1950).
  • Digitaria vestita var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria: 670 (1950).
  • Digitaria velutina var. glabrescens Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 39 (1966).
  • Digitaria hentyi Veldkamp, Blumea 26: 391 (1980).
  • Digitaria effusa Veldkamp, Blumea 44: 447 (1999).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Africa Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda Regional: Mascareñas Comoros, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Malaya, Vietnam Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Sri Lanka Regional: Peninsular Arabia Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Introduced into: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Queensland, St.Helena References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O., 1907. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1907:213.

Additional references

• 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Digitaria abyssinica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Digitaria abyssinica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Digitaria abyssinica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Digitaria abyssinica. Published online. Accessed: October 06 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Digitaria abyssinica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: African couchgrass
svenska: Abessinsk fingerhirs
Kiswahili: Sangari

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