Urochloa brizantha

Taxonavigation

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

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

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)

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

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Urochloa brizantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Urochloa brizantha. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Urochloa brizantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Urochloa brizantha. Published online. Accessed: October 27 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Urochloa brizantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: palisade signalgrass

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