Urochloa platyphylla

Urochloa platyphylla

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 platyphylla

Name

Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C.Wright) R.D.Webster, 1988

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachiaria platyphylla (Munro ex C.Wright) Nash, J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 81 (1903)
  • Panicum platyphyllum Munro ex C.Wright, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 206 (1871)
  • Paspalum platyphyllum Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 230 (1866), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Brachiaria extensa Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 240 (1929)
  • Urochloa extensa (Chase) C.Nelson, J.Sutherl. & Fern.Casas, Fontqueria 51: 4 (1998)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil South Regional: Caribbean Cuba Introduced into: Brazil Northeast, Delaware, Honduras, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Webster, R.D., 1988. Systematic Botany; Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists 13:606.

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

Vernacular names

English: broadleaf signalgrass

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