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Digitaria trichopodia

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Identification
Isotype of Digitaria trichopodia Stent [family POACEAE ] Digitaria diagonalis (Nees) Stapf [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Digitaria diagonalis (Nees) Stapf [family POACEAE ] Verified by de Winter,B., Digitaria diagonalis (Nees) Stapf [family POACEAE ]
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  • Digitaria trichopodia
  • Digitaria diagonalis

Flora

Entry for DIGITARIA diagonalis var. diagonalis [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 451, (1982) Author: W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE
Names
DIGITARIA diagonalis var. diagonalis [family ]
Panicum diagonale Nees [family POACEAE], Fl. Afr. Austr.: 23 (1841)
Panicum diagonale Th. Dur. & Schinz var. robustius [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 747 (1894), nom. nud.
Digitaria trichopodia Stent [family ], in Bothalia 3: 155 (1930). Type: South Africa, Transvaal, Kei Mouth, Flanagan 987 (K, iso.!)
Information
Culms 60–160 cm. high. Leaf-blades 10–30 cm. long, 2–7 mm. wide. Inflorescence 10–30 cm. long, composed of 4–20 stiff racemes, the longest 6–16 cm. long. Spikelets 1.9–2.5 mm. long. Best distinguished by spikelet-length.
Range
DISTR. T2, 4, 7, 8
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Kawa Timber Camp, 29 Mar. 1959, McCallum Webster T.205!TANZANIA Mbeya District NE. side Mbeya Mt., 13 May 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 10205!TANZANIA Njombe District Ndumbi Forest Reserve, Jan. 1963, Procter 2320!
Distribution (external)
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
South Africa

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