DIGITARIA flaccida Stapf [family ], in Fl. Cap. 7: 382 (1898). Types: South Africa, Amatola Mts., Buchanan 9 & Umsinga, Buchanan 88 (both K, syn.!)
Digitaria nitens Rendle [family ], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 165 (1899); F.T.A. 9: 473 (1919); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 36 (1958). Type: Angola, Huila, Lopollo, Welwitsch 2634 (K, iso.!)
Panicum nitens (Rendle) K. Schum. [family POACEAE], in Just’s Bot. Jahresb. 27 (1): 457 (1901)
Digitaria elegans Stapf [family ], in F.T.A. 9: 474 (1919); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 49 (1934); G.T.: 75 (1965). Type: Zaire, Lubumbashi [Elisabethville], Homblé 59 (K, holo.!)
Digitaria melinioides Mez [family ], in E.J. 57: 191 (1921). Type: Malawi, Buchanan 244 (B, holo.!)
Digitaria stolzii Mez [family ], in E.J. 57: 191 (1921); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 50 (1934). Types: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Mulinda, Stolz 1824 & 1968 (both K, isosyn.!)