Details for: PI 364579, Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf, 884


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
Top Name:
884
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1971
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 364579 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
Top Name:
884
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1971
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

South Africa
Locality: Plot 530, Rietondale Reserach Station, Pretoria

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
884
Type: Collector identifier

AJO 0271
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Stoloniferous, foliage light green, light seeder
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:

14039
Place of publication:

D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:430. 1919
Verified:
03/22/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum milanjianum Rendle

Autonym(s)
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf subsp. milanjiana
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf var. milanjiana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria endlichii Mez
Digitaria kilimandscharica Mez
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf subsp. eylesiana Henrard
Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf var. abscondita Henrard
Digitaria mombasana C. E. Hubb.
Digitaria swynnertonii Rendle

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdigit grass  1't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:123-124.
EnglishMilanje finger grass  1Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Englishwoolly finger grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmilanjiana  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 09 Jul 1986, from Digitaria pentzii Stent to Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 17 Sep 1986, from Digitaria pentzii Stent to Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters4 S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters9 S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters6 S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant1 - Basal S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters17 S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters5 S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower106 S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage5 - (1 = Little or no damage, 9 = Complete winter kill) S9.GRASSESPI 364579 01 SD
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseHerbarium - Image of herbarium sample S9.GRASS.IMAGE.HERBARIUM.2005 Not Available