Details for: PI 409789, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 2929


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2929
Origin:
Collected – Limpopo, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2929
Origin:
Collected – Limpopo, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1976.
Limpopo, South Africa
Locality: Thirty km northwest of Thabazimbi
Comment: Collected February, March, and April, 1976.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
2929
Type: Collector identifier

B&O 0276
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Tufted, 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
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 12 Mar 1987, from Digitaria polevansii Stent to Digitaria seriata Stapf
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 14 Nov 1996, from Digitaria seriata Stapf to Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters5 S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters12 S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters17 S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant3 - Well distributed S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters23 S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters8 S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code5 - Medium S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower110 S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSES.VEG.96PI 409789 01 SDNot Available