Urochloa serrata

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 serrata

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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, 2nd Edition

References

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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