Details for: PI 409757, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 2217


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2217
Origin:
Collected – Cape Province, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
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Seed200 countPI 409757 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2217
Origin:
Collected – Cape Province, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1976.
Cape Province, South Africa
Locality: Paul McCabe Farm, 15 km north of Graaff Reinet
Elevation: 1900m.
Comment: Collected February, March, and April, 1976.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
2217
Type: Collector identifier

B&O 0276
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Tufted, rhizomatous perennial plant. Growing on open grassland.
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
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters5 S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters9 S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters12 S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant1 - Basal S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters25 S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters4 S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code1 - Small S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower100 S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage7 - (1 = Little or no damage, 9 = Complete winter kill) S9.GRASSESPI 409757 or SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseHerbarium - Image of herbarium sample S9.GRASS.IMAGE.HERBARIUM.2005 Not Available