Urochloa mollis

Urochloa mollis

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 mollis

Name

Urochloa mollis (Sw.) Morrone & Zuloaga, 1992

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachiaria mollis (Sw.) Parodi, Darwiniana 15: 100 (1969)
  • Panicum molle Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 22 (1788)
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum didistichum Mez, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 63 (1917)
  • Panicum moritzii Mez, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 63 (1917)
  • Panicum polytrichum Mez, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 69 (1917)
  • Panicum velutinosum Nees, C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 121 (1829)
  • Panicum velutinum Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 92 (1833), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Ecuador, Peru Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Hawaii, New Caledonia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Morrone, O. & Zuloaga, F.O., 1992. Darwiniana; Carpeta del "Darwinion". Buenos Aires 31:85.

Additional references

• Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422020259/http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co/

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Urochloa mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Urochloa mollis. 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 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Urochloa mollis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Urochloa mollis. Published online. Accessed: October 28 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Urochloa mollis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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