Details for: PI 296565, Digitaria eriantha Steud., B/56/8


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
B/56/8
Origin:
Donated – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
B/56/8
Origin:
Donated – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Source History
Donated
31 March 1964.
Transvaal, South Africa

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
B/56/8
Type: Other or unclassified name

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
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 12 Mar 1987, from Digitaria smutsii Stent to Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. eriantha
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 05 May 1998, from Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. eriantha to Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Description:
Irene strain. No. 5

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters6 S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters15 S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters9 S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant3 - Well distributed S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters46 S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters10 S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage9 - Complete winter kill S9.GRASSESPI 296565 01 SD