DIGITARIA gazensis Rendle [family ], in J.L.S. 40: 228 (1911); F.T.A. 9: 457 (1919); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 37 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 14 (1947); Imp. Grassl. Pl. Kenya: 58 (1951); R.K.G.: 49 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 35 (1958); I.G.U.: 26 (1960); G.T.: 77 (1965). Type: Mozambique, Beira, Swynnerton 1593 (BM, holo.!)
DIGITARIA sanguinalis Rendle var. interrupta [family ], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 164 (1899). Type: Angola, Huila, Lopollo, Welwitsch 2675 (BM, holo.!, K, iso.!)
DIGITARIA parlatorei Chiov. var. microstachya [family ], in Ann. Bot. Roma 13: 41 (1914). Type: Zaire, Shaba [Katanga], Bovone 39 (TO, holo., K, photo.!)
DIGITARIA herpoclados Pilg. [family ], in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1911–12, 1: 200 (1915); I.G.U.: 26 (1960); Van der Veken in B.J.B.B. 31: 128 (1962). Type: Uganda, Bunyoro District, Butiaba, Fries 1980 (UPS, holo., K, photo.!)
DIGITARIA villosissima Chiov. [family ], in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 61 (1919). Type: Zaire, Shaba, Ditunguru, Bovone 1 (TO, holo., K, photo.!)
DIGITARIA nyassana Mez [family ], in E.J. 57: 192 (1921), as “ nyssana ”; Henr., Monogr. Digitaria: 501 (1950). Type: Malawi, without precise locality, Buchanan 1449 (B, lecto., K, isolecto.!)
DIGITARIA antunesii Mez [family ], in E.J. 57: 193 (1921). Types: Angola, Huila, Mounyino, Antunes 379 & 382 (both B, syn., K, photo.!)
DIGITARIA usambarica Mez [family ], in E.J. 57: 193 (1921); Henr., Monogr. Digitaria: 770 (1950). Type: Tanzania, Usambara Mts., Holst 223 (B, lecto.)
DIGITARIA proxima Henr. [family ], in Blumea 1: 104 (1934). Type: Tanzania, Iringa, Kambi ya Mboga, Zimmermann 2603 (B, holo., EA, iso.!)