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Taxon:
Digitaria abyssinica
(Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:
13989
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907:213. 1907
Verified:
04/05/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Syntherisma abyssinicum
(Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Newbold
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria effusa
Veldkamp
Digitaria scalarum
(Schweinf.) Chiov.
Digitaria vestita
Fig. & De Not.
Panicum scalarum
Schweinf.
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Reference(s)
Boonsuk, B. et al.
2016. A taxonomic revision of the genus
Digitaria
(Panicoideae: Poaceae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 246:248-280.
URL:
http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/index.htm
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Ellis, R. P.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. English common names
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Note:
occasionally cultivated, but it is considered a serious weed
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Digitaria+abyssinica&quantity=1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Plant Protection and Quarantine Office.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/noxiousweed_list.html
Note:
=
Digitaria scalarum
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Zon, A. P. M. van der.
1992. Graminées du Cameroun
Common names
English
Abyssinian finger grass –
Reference(s)
African couch grass –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Province
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Free State
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Gabon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
South Africa
[Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
Naturalized
Northern America
REGION:
United States
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Weed
potential seed contaminant
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Name
References