Details for: PI 315693, Digitaria eriantha Steud., BN 13579 62


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
BN 13579 62
Origin:
Donated – Maryland, United States
Received by NPGS:
29 Jun 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 315693 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
BN 13579 62
Origin:
Donated – Maryland, United States
Received by NPGS:
29 Jun 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
29 June 1966.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
BN 13579 62
Type: Unverified 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:
Beltsville Nursery selection from PI 258436 and 258439

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters9 S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters18 S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters18 S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant3 - Well distributed S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters35 S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters10 S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code9 - Large S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower96 S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage1 - Little or no damage S9.GRASSESPI 315693 01 SD