Urochloa brizantha

Urochloa brizantha
Urochloa brizantha

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Urochloa
Species: Urochloa brizantha

Name

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Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) R.D.Webster, 1987

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Brachiaria brizantha (A.Rich.) Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 531 (1919)
    • Panicum brizanthum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 363 (1850)
  • Heterotypic
    • Brachiaria brizantha var. angustifolia Stent & J.M.Rattray, Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 23 (1933)
    • Brachiaria brizantha var. ciliata Basappa & Muniy., Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 49: 379 (1983)
    • Brachiaria gangangalaensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 664 (1925)
    • Brachiaria manzonzoensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 243 (1919), nom. provis.
    • Panicum brizanthum var. lasiochloa Chiov., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 65 (1919)
    • Panicum brizanthum var. latifolium Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 170 (1875)
    • Panicum brizanthum var. pandanifolium Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 31 (1930)
    • Panicum brizanthum var. polystachyum De Wild. & T.Durand, Pl. Thonn. Congol.: 3 (1900)
    • Urochloa brizantha var. ciliata (Basappa & Muniy.) S.K.Jain, Phytotaxonomy 3: 135 (2003)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Western Indin Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Introduced into:
      • Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jawa, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Society Is., Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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English: palisade signalgrass
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