Digitaria nodosa

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 nodosa

Digitaria nodosa Parl., Pl. Nov.: 39 (1842)

Homotypic
- Digitaria commutata subsp. nodosa (Parl.) Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 1: 301 (1952)
- Digitaria parlatorei (Steud.) Chiov. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 41 (1914)
- Panicum commutatum var. nodosum (Parl.) T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 744 (1894)
- Panicum parlatorei Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 40 (1853)
- Syntherisma nodosa (Parl.) Newbould in Torreya 24: 9 (1924)
Heterotypic
- Digitaria pirifera (Chiov.) Henrard in Monogr. Digitaria: 568 (1950)
- Digitaria pyriformis Chiov. in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 225 (1916), orth. var.
- Panicum pabulare Aitch. & Hemsl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 190 (1882)
- Panicum piriferum Chiov. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 295 (1908 publ. 1907)
- Paspalum pabulare (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Brühl in Paspalum, Digitaria & Anastrophus: 206 (1922)
- Paspalum sanguinale var. pabulare (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 7: 15 (1896)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Regionalː Peninsular Arabia
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
- Regionalː Indian subcontinent
  - India
Continental: Africa
- Regionalː Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regionalː Macaronesia
  - Canary Is., Cape Verde
- Regionalː Eastern Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
- Regionalː Western Africa
  - Mauritania

Parlatore, F. 1842. Plantae novae vel minus notae opusculis diversis olim descriptae: generibus quibusdam speciebusque novis adjectis iterum recognitae. Gide, Paris. 87 pp. MDZ Reference page. : 39.

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