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Genus: Digitaria
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Paniceae.
Nomen number: 13989
Place of publication: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907:213. 1907
Name verified on: 05-Apr-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Apr-2013
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions:
2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS
WEED
- A declared noxious weed by
USDA-APHIS.
- A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious
weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links
to state information or web documents:
-
AL*, FL(as Digitaria scalarum)*, MA*, MA(as Digitaria scalarum)*, NC*.
| ªAquatic.
| *Terrestrial.
| °In seed.
|
- Link to noxious weed information from
- Abyssinian finger grass (Source: R. P. Ellis, p.c.) – English
- African couch grass (Source: USDA/APHIS
) – English
- More:
Native:
- AFRICA
Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Ethiopia; Sudan
East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Gabon; Zaire
West Tropical Africa: Nigeria
South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Southern Africa: Botswana; South Africa - Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal
Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
- ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: Sri Lanka
Naturalized:
- NORTHERN AMERICA
United States
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
- Ellis, R. P.
1997. pers. comm.
[re. English common names].
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America.
[occasionally cultivated, but it is considered a serious weed].
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- 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).
[as D. scalarum].
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- 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.
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf:
Images:
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13989 (19 June 2013)
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