Digitaria acuminatissima Stapf

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Synonyms: Digitaria acuminatissima subsp. inermis P. Goetghebeur
Digitaria acuminatissima var. conformis Henrard
Digitaria acuminatissima var. typica Henrard
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A creeping annual. Culms 30–80 (100) cm., ascending from a creeping base, glabrous, nodes dark, glabrous. Leaf sheaths minutely scaberulous, sometimes loosely hairy. Ligule up to 2.5 mm. long, truncate to erose. Leaf laminae 5–12 × 0.3–0.7 cm., linear, flat, scabrous on both surfaces, with bulbous based bristles near the base, scabrous along the margin. Inflorescence composed of (2)5–14 racemes, 12–20 cm. long, erect to patent, 3–5 in a whorl, the superior ones often solitary along a short common axis, sometimes in a second whorl of 2–4 racemes. Rhachis triquetrous, broadly winged, up to 0.8 mm. wide, smooth with scabrous margins. Pedicels 2-nate, 0.5–3.0 mm. long, triangular, scabrous, scarcely broadened at the apex. Spikelets 2.8–3.7 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate. Inferior glume oblong triangular, sometimes slightly bifid. Superior glume c.1/2 of the spikelet, oblong triangular, 3-nerved, subglabrous to appressed hairy, hairs very fine, white, acute. Inferior lemma as long as the spikelet, oblong, with a flattened, curved acuminate apex, 7-nerved, appressed hairy, sometimes with a few bulbous based bristles. Superior lemma conspicuously shorter than the spikelet, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, pale yellow to brown.
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Habitat: River banks, flood plains and wet grassland.
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Worldwide distribution: tropical Africa
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Zambian distribution (Provinces): N,S,W
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Literature:

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 168 - 169. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 102.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 134.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Digitaria acuminatissima.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107500, retrieved 19 March 2024

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