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Taxon: Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf

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: 05-Aug-2002
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE 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:
FL(as Digitaria scalarum)*, MA*, MA(as Digitaria scalarum)*, NC*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • Abyssinian finger grass   (Source: R. P. Ellis, p.c.)
  • African couch grass   (Source: USDA-APHIS)
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

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
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere, including United States

References:

  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm. [re. English common names].
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. (Grass SAfr)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. (Grass Camer)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf:


Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13989 (21 November 2009)

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