Digitaria exilis

Digitaria exilis

Digitaria exilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Anthephorinae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: Digitaria exilis

Name

Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 385 (1915)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Panicum exile (Kippist) A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 726 (1920), nom. illeg.
  • Paspalum exile Kippist, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 157 (1842)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Digitaria exilis Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Introduced into: Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O., 1915. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1915:385.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
• US National Academy of Sciences. 1996. Lost Crops of Africa. Chapter on "Fonio (Acha)"

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Digitaria exilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Digitaria exilis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Digitaria exilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 October 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Digitaria exilis. Published online. Accessed: October 07 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Digitaria exilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• bamanankan: Fini
• English: Fonio; Acha
• Fulfulde: Seremmbe; Funye
• français: Fonio
• italiano: Fonio

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