Urochloa plantaginea

Urochloa plantaginea

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 plantaginea

Name

Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R.D.Webster, 1988

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 212 (1909)
  • Panicum plantagineum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 206 (1827)
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum disciferum E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 19 (1886)
  • Panicum distans Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61 (1853), nom. illeg.
  • Panicum leandrii Trin., Sp. Gram. 3: t. 335 (1835)
  • Urochloa discifera (E.Fourn.) Morrone & Zuloaga, Darwiniana 32: 65 (1993)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern SouthaAmerica Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Line Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Panamá, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Webster, R.D., 1988. Systematic Botany; Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists 13:607.

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 plantaginea 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 plantaginea. 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 plantaginea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Urochloa plantaginea. Published online. Accessed: October 28 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Urochloa plantaginea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: plantain signalgrass

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