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Digitaria diversinervis

Scientific Name: Digitaria diversinervis

Family: Poaceae

Category: Monocot

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Digitaria diversinervis

Digitaria diversinervis, also known as Richmond Finger Grass or Richmond Grass, is a perennial grass species. This page provides information gathered from various sources to offer an overview of this plant.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Digitaria diversinervis (Nees) Stapf
  • Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
  • Synonyms:
    • Digitaria albomarginata Stent
    • Digitaria diversinervis var. woodiana Henrard
    • Panicum diversinerve Nees

Distribution and Habitat

  • Reported from GA, KN, LP, MP, WC and Zimbabwe.
  • Grows at altitudes ranging from 2 to 1000 meters.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Perennial mat-forming habit.
  • Possesses elongated knotty rhizomes and stolons.
  • Culms are 22-35 cm long, ascending from a prostrate, rooting, loosely branched base.
  • Culms are very slender, weak, and glabrous, with 4-6 nodes.
  • Ligule is an eciliate membrane.

Ecological Role

  • Found in disturbed areas and forest margins.

Further Information

  • Jstor African Plant Initiative
  • Tropicos
  • IPCN
  • New World Grasses
  • The Plant List
  • IPNI
  • Australian Plant Name Index
  • NYBG Virtual Herbarium
  • Discover Life
  • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
  • PlantIllustrations.org