8. DIGITARIA PITTIERI (Hack.) Henrard, Blumea 1: 99. 1934.

Panicum pittieri Hack., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 367. 1901. Valota pittieri (Hack.) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19: 188. 1906. Trichachne pittieri (Hack.) Hitchc., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 40: 83. 1927.

— TYPE: COSTA RICA. Borde du Río Tiliri á San José, 1,100 m, A. Tonduz 6945 (holotype: W!; isotypes: BAA –1928!, US!) .

Syntherisma aequatoriense Hitchc., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 426. 1927. Digitaria aequatoriensis (Hitchc.) Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 61: 5. 1930.

— TYPE: ECUADOR. Guayas: Guayaquil, 0–50 m, A. S. Hitchcock 19949 (holotype: US!; isotypes: GH!, US!) .

Iconography — Henrard (1950: 572, spikelet and upper floret); Vega and Rúgolo de Agrasar (2005: 261).

Geographical Distribution and Ecology — Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Grows in dry, semi-deciduous forests, also near rivers from sea level to 2,000 m.