Details for: PI 208925, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 1937


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
1937
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
27 May 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
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Seed200 countPI 208925 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
1937
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
27 May 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Source History
Collected
March 1953.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Prinshof Experiment Station, Pretoria

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
1937
Type: Collector identifier

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
  • 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.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters13 S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters17 S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant3 - Well distributed S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters23 S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters10 S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower110 S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage1 - Little or no damage S9.GRASSESPI 208925 01 SD