Urochloa nigropedata

Urochloa nigropedata

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 nigropedata

Name

Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 37: 42. (2005)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Panicum nigropedatum Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 29. (1881)
• Homotypic
  • Brachiaria nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 535. (1919)
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum melanotylum Hack., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 398. (1889)
  • Brachiaria melanotyla (Hack.) Henrard, Blumea 3: 436. (1940)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Torres González, A.M. & Morton, C.M. 2005. Molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of Brachiaria and Urochloa (Poaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 36–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.003 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Urochloa nigropedata 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 nigropedata. 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 nigropedata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Urochloa nigropedata. Published online. Accessed: October 28 2022.

Vernacular names

English: spotted signal grass

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