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

This species name was first published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 213 (1907)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000863676.

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Digitaria abyssinica var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 213 (1907) wfo-0000863677
Digitaria ciliaris Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 659 (1925) wfo-0000863808
Digitaria effusa Veldkamp Blumea 44: 447 (1999) wfo-0000863911
Digitaria eichingeri Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921) wfo-0000863916
Digitaria hackelii Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 459 (1919) wfo-0000864012
Digitaria hentyi Veldkamp Blumea 26: 391 (1980) wfo-0000864019
Digitaria lemeeana A.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 51 (1945) wfo-0000864100
Digitaria merkeri Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 193 (1921) wfo-0000864160
Digitaria mutica Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 229 (1911) wfo-0000864190
Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 225 (1916) wfo-0000864396
Digitaria scalarum var. elgonensis C.E.Hubb. & Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 111 (1934) wfo-0000864397
Digitaria somalensis Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 224 (1916) wfo-0000864421
Digitaria tangaensis Henrard Blumea 1: 103 (1934) wfo-0000864451
Digitaria velutina var. glabrescens Gilli Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 39 (1966) wfo-0000864506
Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not. Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino , ser. 2, 14: 356 (1853) wfo-0000864512
Digitaria vestita var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Henrard Monogr. Digitaria : 670 (1950) wfo-0000864513
Panicum abyssinicum Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 360 (1850) wfo-0000882821
Panicum hackelii Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 118 (1901) wfo-0000884423
Panicum kafuroense K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 334 (1897) wfo-0000884747
Panicum muticum Link Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 206. 1827 [1 Oct-27 Nov 1827] wfo-0000885335
Panicum scalarum Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 20 (1894) wfo-0000886249
Panicum scalarum var. elatius Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 166 (1896) wfo-0000886250
Syntherisma abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Newbould Torreya 24: 8 (1924) wfo-0000903262
Syntherisma abyssinicum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Newbold Torreya 24: 8 1924 wfo-0001096737
Panicum kafuroensis K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(3): 334 1897 wfo-0001098653
Dichanthium scalarum (Schweinf.) Gilliland 1952 wfo-0001257543
Digitaria abyssinica var. micrantha Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 60 (1930) wfo-1200016143
Digitaria vestita subvar. elgonensis (C.E.Hubb. & Snowden) Henrard Monogr. Digitaria : 670 (1950) wfo-1200033236