Digitaria abyssinica

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Digitaria abyssinica
Digitaria abyssinica

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 abyssinica

Name[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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[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]

English: African couchgrass
svenska: Abessinsk fingerhirs
Kiswahili: Sangari
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