Digitaria longiflora

Digitaria longiflora is a species of crabgrass. It is the wild progenitor of the West African domesticated crop Digitaria exilis.[1]

Digitaria longiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Digitaria
Species:
D. longiflora
Binomial name
Digitaria longiflora
(Retz.) Pers.

References

  1. Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655.


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