Details for: PI 299741, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 68


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
68
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
68
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
February 1964.
South Africa
Comment: Collected Feb. to April, 1964
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
68
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Plant stoloniferous; stems moderately coarse; leaves to 12in high.
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: 09 Jul 1986, from Digitaria pentzii Stent to Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 14 Nov 1996, from Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok to Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Description:
Selection from 'Kwaai', Kalahari strain.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters5 S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters10 S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters12 S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant1 - Basal S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters44 S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters8 S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code1 - Small S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower141 S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 299741 01 SDNot Available