Urochloa serrata

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 serrata

Name

Urochloa serrata (Thunb.) Sosef, Pl. Ecol. Evol. 149: 361. (2016)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Holcus serratus Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 20 (1794)
Homotypic
- Sorghum serratum (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 839 (1817).
- Panicum serratum (Thunb.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 309 (1824).
- Brachiaria serrata (Thunb.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 537 (1919).
Heterotypic
- Panicum scopuliferum Trin., Sp. Gram. 2: t. 165 (1829).
- Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst., Flora 24(1 Intell.): 19 (1841).
- Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 366 (1850), pro syn.
- Panicum gossypinum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 365 (1850), nom. illeg.
- Panicum serratum var. gossypinum T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 765 (1894).
- Panicum serratum var. holosericeum T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 765 (1894).
- Tricholaena abbreviata K.Schum., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 58 (1894), nom. nud.
- Panicum serratum var. hirtum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 364 (1898).
- Panicum andongense Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 167 (1899).
- Panicum nigropedatum var. basipiliferum Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 42 (1914).
- Brachiaria andongensis (Rendle) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 560 (1919).
- Brachiaria brachylopha Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 539 (1919).
- Brachiaria serrata var. gossypina (T.Durand & Schinz) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 538 (1919).
- Panicum brachylophum (Stapf) A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 724 (1920).
- Panicum serratum var. brachylophum (Stapf) A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 730 (1920).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Sosef, M.S.M., 2016. Pl. Ecol. Evol. 149: 361.

Additional references

WCVP . Urochloa serrata in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 28 . Reference page.

Links

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

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Fluweelsinjaalgras, Krulgras
English: Velvet signal grass, Red-topped signal grass