Urochloa glumaris

Urochloa glumaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Urochloa
Species: Urochloa glumaris

Name

Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp, Blumea 41: 420 (1996)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Panicum glumare Trin. in Gram. Panic.: 143 (1826)
• Heterotypic
  • Brachiaria ambigua A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 433 (1922)
  • Brachiaria paspaloides (J.Presl) C.E.Hubb. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 34: t. 3363 (1938)
  • Panicum ambiguum Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 243 (1834), nom. illeg.
  • Panicum infidum Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 63 (1853)
  • Panicum urochloa Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 264 (1841), nom. illeg.
  • Urochloa ambigua (A.Camus) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 14e: 35 (1940)
  • Urochloa glabra Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 121 (1832)
  • Urochloa paspaloides J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 318 (1830)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Niue, Philippines, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Taiwan Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea, Samoa Introduced into: Andaman Is., Hawaii, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Veldkamp (1996) Blumea; Tijdschrift voor de Systematiek en de Geografie der Planten (A Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography). Leiden 41:420.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Urochloa glumaris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 October 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Urochloa glumaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Urochloa glumaris. Published online. Accessed: October 21 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Urochloa glumaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• 中文: 雀稗尾稃草

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