Details for: PI 299652, Digitaria natalensis Stent, 418


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria natalensis Stent
Top Name:
418
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria natalensis Stent
Top Name:
418
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
February 1964.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Locality: Eight miles north of Muden, Mooi River valley
Elevation: 853m.
Environment description: Hard, rocky clay wasteland
Comment: Collected Feb. to April, 1964
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
418
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Annual rainfall 20in. Drought tolerant. Stoloniferous perennial; stolons few; stems large; heads to 36in high. Stolons.
Digitaria natalensis Stent
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:

14043
Place of publication:

Bothalia 3:152. 1936
Verified:
04/12/2018 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonym(s)
Digitaria natalensis Stent subsp. natalensis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria littoralis Stent
Digitaria littoralis Stent var. littoralis
Digitaria littoralis Stent var. prostrata Stent
Digitaria macroglossa Henrard
Digitaria macroglossa Henrard var. macroglossa
Digitaria macroglossa Henrard var. prostrata (Stent) Henrard
Digitaria natalensis Stent subsp. stentiana Henrard

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcoast finger grass  1Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 21 Jun 2005, from Digitaria macroglossa Henrard var. prostrata (Stent) Henrard to Digitaria natalensis Stent
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