Details for: PI 409778, Digitaria eriantha Steud., 2855


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2855
Origin:
Collected – Limpopo, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
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Seed200 countPI 409778 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Top Name:
2855
Origin:
Collected – Limpopo, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1976.
Limpopo, South Africa
Locality: Twnety km east of Vivo
Comment: Collected February, March, and April, 1976.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
2855
Type: Collector identifier

B&O 0276
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Stoloniferous, hirsute plants. Growing in disturbed site. Seed of P.I. 409777.
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: 09 Jul 1986, from Digitaria pentzii 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 decimeters5 S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters12 S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters4 S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant2 - Cauline S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters40 S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters7 S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower97 S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage8 - (1 = Little or no damage, 9 = Complete winter kill) S9.GRASSESPI 409778 01 SD
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseHerbarium - Image of herbarium sample S9.GRASS.IMAGE.HERBARIUM.2006 Not Available