Details for: PI 203344, Digitaria eriantha Steud.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Origin:
Collected – Cape Province, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1952
PI Assigned:
1952
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Origin:
Collected – Cape Province, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1952
PI Assigned:
1952
Source History
Collected
June 1952.
Cape Province, South Africa
Locality: Zebra National Park, Cradock
Comment: ca
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:

14013
Place of publication:

Flora 12:468. 1829
Verified:
11/21/2017 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. eriantha
Digitaria eriantha Steud. var. eriantha

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Syntherisma erianthum (Steud.) Newbold

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcommon finger grass  1Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Englishdigit grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishpangola grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwoolly finger grass  1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: introduced
Frenchdigitaria  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanPangolagras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpangola  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpasto pangola  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 25 Aug 1997, from Digitaria pentzii Stent to Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters4 S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters14 S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters15 S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant3 - Well distributed S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters21 S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters5 S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code1 - Small S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower96 S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage8 - (1 = Little or no damage, 9 = Complete winter kill) S9.GRASSESPI 203344 01 SD
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseHerbarium - Image of herbarium sample S9.GRASS.IMAGE.HERBARIUM.2005 Not Available