Dignathia

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Dignathia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hubbardochloinae
Genus: Dignathia
Stapf
Type species
Dignathia gracilis

Dignathia is a genus of African and Asian plants in the grass family. [1] [2] [3]

Species [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Stapf, Otto 1911. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 30: plate 2950 + 3 subsequent text pages descriptions in Latin, commentary + figure captions in English; line drawings of Dignathia gracilis (figures 1-12) and Dignathia hirtella (figure 13)
  2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotidinae, and Trichoneurinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 63(2): 275–286
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. The Plant List search for Dignathia
  6. Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.