Urochloa reptans

Urochloa reptans

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 reptans

Name

Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf, 1920

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachiaria reptans (L.) C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 34: t. 3363 (1938)
  • Echinochloa reptans (L.) Roberty, Fl. Ouest-Afr.: 398 (1954)
  • Panicum reptans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 870 (1759)
• Heterotypic
  • Brachiaria balansae Henrard, Blumea 3: 435 (1940)
  • Brachiaria prostrata (Lam.) Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 263 (1857)
  • Brachiaria reptans var. hispida Basappa & Muniy., Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 49: 380 (1983)
  • Digitaria umbrosa (Retz.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 85 (1805)
  • Echinochloa subcordata Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 480 (1817)
  • Panicum aurelianum Hale ex Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 787 (1861)
  • Panicum barbipedum Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 7: 62 (1918)
  • Panicum brachythyrsum Peter, Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 45 (1928)
  • Panicum caespitosum Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 146 (1797)
  • Panicum calaccanzense Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 65 (1853)
  • Panicum extensum Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 188 (1831)
  • Panicum grossarium L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 871 (1759)
  • Panicum insulare Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61 (1853), nom. illeg.
  • Panicum nilagiricum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 62 (1853)
  • Panicum parvum Buse, F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 33 (1854)
  • Panicum patulum Mez, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 64 (1917), nom. illeg.
  • Panicum procumbens Nees, C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 109 (1829), orth. var.
  • Panicum prostratum Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 171 (1791)
  • Panicum prostratum var. marquisense F.Br., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84: 71 (1931)
  • Panicum prostratum var. pilosum Eggers, Fl. St. Croix: 1044 (1879)
  • Panicum sieberi Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 207 (1827), nom. superfl.
  • Panicum subcordatum (Roem. & Schult.) Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 46 (1821)
  • Panicum taitense Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 418 (1854)
  • Panicum umbrosum Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 16 (1786)
  • Panicum virescens Poir., J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 278 (1816), nom. illeg.
  • Setaria subcordata (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 47 (1829)
  • Setaria umbrosa (Retz.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 51 (1812)
  • Urochloa reptans var. glabra S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 475 (1984)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan Regional: Indian subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan Regional: Peninsular Arabia Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Andaman Is., Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Is. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Vietnam Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia Introduced into: Alabama, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), 1920. Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 601

Additional references

• Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422020259/http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co/

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Urochloa reptans 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 reptans. 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 reptans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Urochloa reptans. Published online. Accessed: October 28 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Urochloa reptans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: sprawling signalgrass

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