Digitaria abyssinica
TaxID: 977936
Basic Information
Digitaria abyssinica
Abyssinian Finger Grass, Abyssinian finger grass
Digitaria abyssinica, the East African couchgrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to Sub?Saharan Africa (except West Africa), Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Vietnam, New Guinea, and Queensland in Australia, and it has been introduced to scattered locations in Central America and northern South America, and to Saint Helena. Although it is a livestock forage, albeit a low?quality one, it is generally considered a noxious weed.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Streptophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Digitaria
abyssinica
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Species
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k__Eukaryota;p__Streptophyta;c__Magnoliopsida;o__Poales;f__Poaceae;g__Digitaria;s__Digitaria abyssinica
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Weeds
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (5 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Cuba | Absent | — |
| Indonesia | Absent | — |
| Jordan | A1 list | 2013 |
| Mexico | Quarantine pests | 2018 |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | 1989 |
Distribution (47 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Present | — |
| Burundi | Present | — |
| Belgium | Present | — |
| Burkina Faso | Present | — |
| Brazil | Present | — |
| Botswana | Present | — |
| Central African Republic | Present | — |
| Cameroon | Present | — |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Present | — |
| Costa Rica | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
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