Details for: APG 48025, Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf, CPI 59809

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf

Top Name:

CPI 59809

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf

Top Name:

CPI 59809

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

26 September 1971.
Locality: OL KALON
Aspect: South; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Grassland/Meadow; Propagule: Seed; Ph: 6; Slope: Sloping; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Loam; Rainfall: 875

26 September 1971. Kenya

Collector(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

Donated

01 October 1972. Kenya

Donator(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

CPI 59809

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

AusTRCF 59809

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

ALP 5.5

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf

Genus:

Digitaria

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Anthephorinae

Nomen number:

13989

Place of publication:

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907:213. 1907

Verified:

04/05/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
Abyssinian finger grass –
African couch grass –

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Syntherisma abyssinicum (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Newbold

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.
Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not.
Panicum scalarum Schweinf.

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