Urochloa nigropedata

Urochloa nigropedata

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 nigropedata

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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

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English: spotted signal grass
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