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G.524. Digitaria - Finger-grasses
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence composed of racemes, these digitate or borne upon an elongated central axis; spikelets 2-3(-5)-nate, rarely solitary. Spikelets pedicellate, awnless; lower floret barren; upper floret bisexual; lower glume small or 0; upper glume as long as the spikelet or shorter, exposing the upper lemma; lower lemma usually as long as the spikelet, typically with longitudinal lines of hairs between the nerves; upper lemma chartaceous to cartilaginous, longitudinally striate. Worldwide: c. 220 species in warm and tropical regions Caprivi: 23 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf | |
| acuminatissima Stapf | Description |
| angolensis Rendle | Description |
| atrofusca (Hack.) Camus | |
| ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler | Description |
| comifera Pilg. | Description |
| complanata Goetgh. | Description, Image |
| debilis (Desf.) Willd. | Description |
| diagonalis (Nees) Stapf | Description |
| gayana (Kunth) Stapf ex A. Chev. | Description |
| gazensis Rendle | Description, Image |
| longiflora (Retz.) Pers. | Description |
| maitlandii Stapf & C.E. Hubb. | Description |
| nuda Schumach. | Description |
| pearsonii Stapf | Description |
| perrottetii (Kunth) Stapf | Description, Image |
| pseudodiagonalis Chiov. | Description |
| pulchra Van der Veken | |
| sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | Description |
| siderograpta Chiov. | |
| ternata (A. Rich.) Stapf | Description |
| thouaresiana (Flüggé) A. Camus | Description |
| velutina (Forssk.) P. Beauv. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Digitaria:
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Flora of Botswana: DigitariaFlora of Caprivi: Digitaria
Flora of Malawi: Digitaria
Flora of Mozambique: Digitaria
Flora of Zambia: Digitaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Digitaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DigitariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Digitaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Digitaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Digitaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Digitaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Digitaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Digitaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Digitaria
Plants of the World Online: Digitaria
Tropicos: Digitaria
Wikipedia: Digitaria
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