Details for: PI 364670, Digitaria eriantha Steud., NORTHAM


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
NORTHAM
Origin:
Collected – Limpopo, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1971
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 364670 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
NORTHAM
Origin:
Collected – Limpopo, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1971
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

Limpopo, South Africa
Locality: Mara Agricultural Research Station, Mara

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
NORTHAM
Type: Unverified name

1547
Type: Collector identifier

AJO 0271
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Tufted perennial, foliage to 0.5 m high, heavy seeder. Seed.
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:
'Northam' strain

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters7 S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters14 S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters8 S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant1 - Basal S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters28 S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters9 S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code1 - Small S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower102 S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage1 - Little or no damage S9.GRASSESPI 364670 01 SD