Summary
Place of publication:
Flora 12:468. 1829
Verified:
02/22/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
- Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
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Common names
English
common finger grass –
digit grass –
pangola grass –
woolly finger grass –
French
digitaria –
German
Pangolagras –
Spanish
pangola –
pasto pangola –
Distribution
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| Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
|---|
| Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
| Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | Guanacaste | |
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Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Cultivated
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
Northern America
Southern America
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica [Guanacaste]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Naturalized
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Economic Uses
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| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
|---|
| Animal food | forage | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 |
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14013.
Accessed 15 March 2025.