Digitaria diagonalis (Nees) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 381 (1898).

Distribution: Trop. & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen.

Specimens: MOSHI Lake Chala, Hemp, A. 1989 (B, C, NHT, UBT); Simba Farm, Greenway, P.J. 6725 (K); Usseri, Haarer, A.E. 1794 (K).