Urochloa
| Signalgrass | |
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| Urochloa mosambicensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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][2] |
| Type species | |
| Urochloa panicoides | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands.[4][5][6][7] Common names include signalgrass.[8][9][10][11]
Species[edit]
87 species have been accepted by Plants of the World Online (in 2023),[3]
- Urochloa adspersa (Trin.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa advena (Vickery) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa albicoma (Swallen & García-Barr.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa argentea (R.Br.) Hughes
- Urochloa arida (Mez) Rudov
- Urochloa arizonica (Scribn. & Merr.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa arrecta (Hack. ex T.Durand & Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa atrisola R.D.Webster
- Urochloa bovonei (Chiov.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa brachyura (Hack.) Stapf - E + S Africa
- Urochloa brevispicata (Rendle) Sosef
- Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) R.Webster - tropical + S Africa
- Urochloa burmanica (Bor) Veldkamp
- Urochloa caboverdiana (Conert & C.Kohler) Veldkamp, Potdar & S.R.Yadav
- Urochloa chusqueoides (Hack.) Rudov
- Urochloa ciliatissima (Buckley) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa clavipila (Chiov.) Sosef
- Urochloa comata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Sosef
- Urochloa deflexa (Schumach.) H.Scholz
- Urochloa dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Veldkamp
- Urochloa distachyoides (Stapf) Sosef
- Urochloa distachyos (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa dura (Stapf) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa echinolaenoides Stapf - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
- Urochloa eminii (Mez) Davidse
- Urochloa falcifera (Trin.) Zon
- Urochloa foliosa (R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa fusca B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin (browntop signalgrass) - southern USA to Argentina
- Urochloa fusiformis (Reeder) Veldkamp
- Urochloa gilesii (Benth.) Hughes
- Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp (Thurston grass) - SE Asia, Indian subcon
- Urochloa holosericea (R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa jaliscana (Santana Mich.) Espejo & López-Ferr.
- Urochloa jubata (Fig. & De Not.) Sosef
- Urochloa kurzii (Hook.f.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa lachnantha (Hochst.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa lata (Schumach.) C.E.Hubb.
- Urochloa leersioides (Hochst.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa lorentziana (Mez) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa megastachya (Nees ex Trin.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa meziana (Hitchc.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa mollis (Sw.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa multiculma (Andersson) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa notochthona (Domin) Hughes
- Urochloa oblita (Swallen) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa occidentalis (C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb.) B.K.Simon
- Urochloa oligobrachiata (Pilg.) Kartesz
- Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard - Africa
- Urochloa olivacea Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico
- Urochloa ophryodes (Chase) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa orthostachys (Mez) K.M.Ibrahim & P.M.Peterson
- Urochloa ovalis (Stapf) Zon
- Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. (panic liverseed grass) - Africa, S. Asia
- Urochloa pauciflora Sánchez-Ken - W. Mexico
- Urochloa paucispicata (Morong) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa piligera (F.Muell. ex Benth.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa platynota (K.Schum.) Pilg.
- Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C.Wright) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa platyrrhachis C.E.Hubb. - Zambia, Zaïre
- Urochloa polyphylla (R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa polystachya (Kunth) Mabb.
- Urochloa praetervisa (Domin) Hughes
- Urochloa pubigera (Roem. & Schult.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf
- Urochloa reticulata (Stapf) Sosef
- Urochloa rudis Stapf - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Urochloa rugulosa (Stapf) Sosef
- Urochloa sclerochlaena Chiov - Ethiopia, Kenya
- Urochloa semiundulata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Ashal. & V.J.Nair
- Urochloa serrata (Thunb.) Sosef
- Urochloa serrifolia (Hochst.) Zon
- Urochloa setigera (Retz.) Stapf - Indian subcon, S. China, SE. Asia
- Urochloa stigmatisata (Mez) K.M.Ibrahim & P.M.Peterson
- Urochloa subulifolia (Mez) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa tanimbarensis (Ohwi) Veldkamp
- Urochloa texana (Buckley) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa trichopodioides (Mez & K.Schum.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen - Zaïre, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia
- Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf - Africa, Arabian Pen
- Urochloa turbinata (Van der Veken) Sosef
- Urochloa villosa (Lam.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa whiteana (Domin) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa wittei (Robyns) Sosef
- Urochloa xantholeuca (Hack.) H.Scholz
Formerly included[edit]
Numerous species once considered members of Urochloa but are now regarded as better suited to other genera,[12] such as Alloteropsis, Brachiaria, Ixophorus, Oplismenus, Panicum, and Rupichloa.
References[edit]
- ^ "Genus: Urochloa P. Beauv". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
- ^ P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 52 (1812)
- ^ a b "Urochloa P.Beauv. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science'". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ 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[edit]
Media related to Urochloa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Urochloa at Wikispecies
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