Urochloa
Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands.[2][3][4][5] Common names include signalgrass.[6][7][8][9]
- Species[10]
- Urochloa brachyura (Hack.) Stapf - E + S Africa
- Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) R.Webster - native to tropical + S Africa; introduced and widely grown in S America + Pacific
- Urochloa echinolaenoides Stapf - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
- Urochloa fusca B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin browntop signalgrass - southern United States to Argentina
- Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp – Thurston grass - southern China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcon, islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans
- Urochloa longifolia B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu - Yunnan
- Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy - Africa, Madagascar
- Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard - Africa
- Urochloa olivacea Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico (Colima, Nayarit)
- Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. – panic liverseed grass - Africa, southern Asia
- Urochloa pauciflora Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán)
- Urochloa platyrrhachis C.E.Hubb. - Zambia, Zaïre
- Urochloa rudis Stapf - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Urochloa sclerochlaena Chiov - Ethiopia, Kenya
- Urochloa setigera (Retz.) Stapf - Indian subcon, southern China, Southeast Asia
- Urochloa trichopodioides (Mez & K.Schum.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen - Zaïre, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia
- Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf - drier parts of Africa, Arabian Pen
- Urochloa venosa (Swallen) Morrone & Zuloaga - western Mexico (Michoacán)
- Formerly included[10]
| Signalgrass | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Urochloa mosambicensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Melinidinae |
| Genus: | Urochloa P.Beauv.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Urochloa panicoides | |
Numerous species once considered members of Urochloa but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Alloteropsis Brachiaria Ixophorus Oplismenus Panicum Rupichloa
References
- "Genus: Urochloa P. Beauv". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 52-53 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure I (1) line drawings of flower parts of Urochloa panicoides
- Urochloa. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
- Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. Urochloa. The Grass Genera of the World. DELTA – DEscription Language for TAxonomy.
- Urochloa. USDA PLANTS.
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 523 尾稃草属 wei fu cao shu Urochloa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 52. 1812.
- Flora of Pakistan
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
External links
Media related to Urochloa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Urochloa at Wikispecies
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