Urochloa serrata

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, 2nd 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

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