| Scientific Name | Digitaria eriantha Steud. | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | POACEAE | Synonyms | Digitaria bechuanica (Stent) Henrard, Digitaria decumbens Stent, Digitaria dinteri Henrard, Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok, Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. stolonifera (Stapf) Kok, Digitaria eriantha Steud. subsp. transvaalensis Kok, Digitaria eriantha Steud. var. stolonifera Stapf, Digitaria geniculata Stent, Digitaria glauca Stent (later homonym), not of A.Camus (1927), Digitaria glauca Stent var. bechuanica Stent, Digitaria hiascens Mez, Digitaria livida Henrard, Digitaria nemoralis Henrard, Digitaria pentzii Stent, Digitaria pentzii Stent var. stolonifera (Stapf) Henrard, Digitaria setivalva Stent, Digitaria smutsii Stent, Digitaria stentiana Henrard, Digitaria valida Stent, Digitaria valida Stent var. glauca Stent | Common Names | Bloukruisgras (a), Common Finger Grass (e), Finger Grass (e), Gewone Vingergras (a), Hoenderspoor (a), Hoenderspoorgras (a), Hoenderspoort (a), Hoenderspoortgras (a), Isikonko (z), Kleinvingergras (a), Kortbeen Hoenderspoort (a), Kortbeen Hoenderspoortgras (a), Kortbeenhoenderspoor (a), Kortbeenhoenderspoorgras (a), Kruisgras (a), Mangole Maseka (tw), Mmoyane (ss), Moeane (ss), Pongola Finger Grass (e), Smuts Finger Grass (e), Smuts Vingergras (a), Vingergras (a), Wolvingergras (a), Woolly Finger Grass (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2005/06/30 | Assessor(s) | L. Fish & J.E. Victor | Justification | This taxon was not selected in any one of four screening processes for highlighting potential taxa of conservation concern for detailed assessment and was hence given an automated status of Least Concern. The Threatened Species Programme is currently systematically completing full assessments for all taxa with an automated status. If you disagree with this taxon's status, please contact the Threatened Species Programme at the link below. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
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Citation/Red List version | | Digitaria eriantha Steud. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Henrard, J.T. 1950. Monograph of the genus Digitaria. Universitaire Pers Leiden, Leiden.
Kok, P.D.F. 1981. Notes on Digitaria in South Africa. Bothalia 13(3&4):457.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation | | Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Digitaria eriantha Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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