Digitaria eggersii, (Hack.) Henrard

Medico, Julia Mariela Lo, Tosto, Daniela Sandra, Rua, Gabriel Hugo, Agrasar, Zulma Esther Rúgolo de, Scataglini, Maria Amalia & Vega, Andrea Susana, 2017, Phylogeny of Digitaria Sections Trichachne and Trichophorae (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae): A Morphological and Molecular Analysis. New Circumscription and Synopsis, Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 42 (1), pp. 37-53 : 45

3. DIGITARIA EGGERSII (Hack.) Henrard , Blumea 1 (1): 97. 1934.

Panicum eggersii Hack. , Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 292. 1901. Valota eggersii (Hack.) Hitchc. & Chase , Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18 (7): 292. 1917. Trichachne eggersii (Hack.) Henrard , Meded. Rijks-Herb. 61: 10. 1930.

— TYPE: Indiae Occidentalis, Insula Antillarum , St. Thomas , Cowells Hill , 70 m, Nov 1880, (Flora exsiccata Indiae Occidentalis, edidit, A. Toepffer 295) B. Eggers s. n. (holotype: W!; isotypes: K!, P!) . Figure 4 .

Iconography — Henrard (1950: 207, spikelet and upper floret).

Geographical Distribution and Ecology — Caribbean. Collected in slopes near hills, from sea level to 300 m.

Figures

FIG. 4. Digitaria eggersii. A. Habit. B. Ligule, detail. C. Rachis fragment with pedicels devoid of spikelets. D. Spikelet view showing lower glume and lower lemma. E. Spikelet view showing upper glume. F. Lodicules of the lower flower, upper floret. G. Upper floret view showing the back of the lemma. H. Upper palea, dorsal view. I. Lodicules of the upper flower and upper palea. J. Stamen. K. Caryopsis, hilar view. L. Caryopsis, scutelar view. A–L from F. Tamayo 3748 (VEN).