Urochloa mutica

Urochloa mutica

Urochloa mutica

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 mutica

Name

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen, 1966

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 526 (1919)
  • Panicum muticum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 20 (1775)
• Heterotypic
  • Brachiaria numidiana (Lam.) Henrard, Blumea 3: 434 (1940)
  • Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard, Blumea 3: 434 (1940)
  • Panicum amphibium Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61 (1853)
  • Panicum appressum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 20 (1775)
  • Panicum barbinode Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 256 (1834)
  • Panicum equinum Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 67 (1853)
  • Panicum guadaloupense Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61 (1853), nom. nud.
  • Panicum leiogonum Sieber ex Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 206 (1827), pro syn.
  • Panicum limnaeum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 72 (1853)
  • Panicum numidianum Lam., Encycl. 4: 738 (1798)
  • Panicum paraguayense Steud. ex Döll, C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 189 (1877), pro syn.
  • Panicum pictigluma Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 73 (1853)
  • Panicum punctulatum Arn. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 62 (1853)
  • Panicum purpurascens Raddi, Agrostogr. Bras.: 47 (1823)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Burkina, Chad, Congo, Mali, Niger, Sudan, Zaïre Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nguyen, T.Q., 1966. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad [St. Petersburg] 3:13.

Additional references

• Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Urochloa mutica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Urochloa mutica. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Urochloa mutica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Urochloa mutica. Published online. Accessed: October 27 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Urochloa mutica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: أوروكلوا متقلصة
English: Para grass
lea faka-Tonga: puakatau

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