Details for: PI 410288, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 2107


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2107
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, 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:
2107
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1976.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Locality: Pretorius Ranch, 40 km west of Newcastle
Elevation: 1700m.
Comment: Collected February, March, and April, 1976.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
2107
Type: Collector identifier

B&O 0276
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Rhizomatous, perennial. Growing on open grassland in sandy soil.
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: 25 Oct 1995, from Paspalum paspalodes (Michx.) Scribn. to Paspalum distichum L.
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 23 Aug 1993, from Paspalum distichum L. to Paspalum paspalodes (Michx.) Scribn.
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 29 Jul 1997, from Paspalum distichum L. to Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage8 - (1 = Little or no damage, 9 = Complete winter kill) S9.GRASSES.BYRON.96 Not Available