Details for: PI 299702, Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf, Mlanjigrass


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
Top Name:
Mlanjigrass
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 299702 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
Top Name:
Mlanjigrass
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
February 1964.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Railroad right-of-way, Westfalia Estate, Duiwelskloof
Elevation: 914m.
Comment: Collected Feb. to April, 1964
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Mlanjigrass
Type: Local name

287
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Rhizomatous perennial forming dense sod. Stolons.
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:

14039
Place of publication:

D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:430. 1919
Verified:
03/22/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum milanjianum Rendle

Autonym(s)
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf subsp. milanjiana
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf var. milanjiana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria endlichii Mez
Digitaria kilimandscharica Mez
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf subsp. eylesiana Henrard
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf var. abscondita Henrard
Digitaria mombasana C. E. Hubb.
Digitaria swynnertonii Rendle

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdigit grass  1't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:123-124.
EnglishMilanje finger grass  1Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Englishwoolly finger grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmilanjiana  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters6 S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters12 S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters22 S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant1 - Basal S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters42 S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters10 S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower113 S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage9 - Complete winter kill S9.GRASSESPI 299702 01 SD