Urochloa trichopus

Urochloa trichopus

Urochloa trichopus

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 trichopus

Name

Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf, 1920

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Eriochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 89 (1881)
  • Helopus trichopus (Hochst.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 100 (1854)
  • Panicum trichopodon A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 369 (1850), nom. superfl.
  • Panicum trichopus Hochst., Flora 27: 254 (1844)
• Heterotypic
  • Brachiaria stolonifera Gooss., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 195 (1934)
  • Echinochloa notabilis (Hook.f.) D.Rhind, Grasses Burma: 50 (1945)
  • Eriochloa trichopus var. glabrata Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 17 (1894)
  • Panicum dorsisetum Hack., T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 748 (1894), nom. nud.
  • Panicum mosambicense Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 140 (1888)
  • Panicum notabile Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 32 (1896)
  • Panicum papillosum Fenzl ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 100 (1854), pro syn.
  • Panicum trichopus var. chiovendae Lanza & Mattei, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 46 (1910)
  • Panicum trichopus var. glabrata Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 17 (1894)
  • Panicum trichopus var. lasiostachys A.Chev., Sudania 1: 34, 146, 159 (1911), nom. nud.
  • Urochloa brachyphylla Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 40 (1966)
  • Urochloa engleri Pilg., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 450 (1941)
  • Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy, J. Bot. 69: 54 (1931)
  • Urochloa pullulans Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 590 (1920), nom. superfl.
  • Urochloa pullulans var. mosambicensis (Hack.) Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 592 (1920)
  • Urochloa rhodesiensis Stent, Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 26 (1933)
  • Urochloa stolonifera (Gooss.) Chippind., D.B.D.Meredith, Grass. Past. S. Africa: 381 (1955)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Saudi Arabia, Yemen Introduced into: Argentina Northwest, Brazil Northeast, Christmas I., Ghana, India, Myanmar, Northern Territory, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Solomon Is., Texas, Western Australia 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: 589

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.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: African liverseed grass

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