Details for: PI 209175, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 1718


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
1718
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
08 Jun 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
1718
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
08 Jun 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Source History
Collected
20 January 1953.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Ten miles northeast of Punda Maria, Kruger National Park

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
1718
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
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 12 Mar 1987, from Digitaria valida Stent to Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 14 Nov 1996, from Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok to Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters6 S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters13 S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters13 S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant3 - Well distributed S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters18 S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters10 S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower108 S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage9 - Complete winter kill S9.GRASSESPI 209175 01 SD