Dignathia is a genus of African and Asian plants in the grass family.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)Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraPeterson, 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
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for DignathiaThulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.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. Dignathia aristata Cope - Kenya Dignathia ciliata C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Somalia Dignathia gracilis Stapf - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique Dignathia hirtella Stapf - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Oman, Yemen, Gujarat Dignathia villosa C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Somalia
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