- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
Urochloa P.Beauv.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropics & Subtropics.
[FZ]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton. Flora Zambesiaca 10:3. 1989
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of racemes along a short central axis, the spikelets single and abaxial, or paired.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, cuspidate (U. platyrrhachis acute).
- Glume
- Inferior glume mostly shorter than spikelet.
- Lemma
- Superior lemma shorter than spikelet, coriaceous, broadly obtuse, mucronate (except U. platyrrhachis), the mucro sometimes puberulous; superior palea obtuse. Inferior lemma awnless.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Distribution
- 12 species in the Old World tropics, mainly Africa.
- Habit
- Annual or perennial; leaves linear to lanceolate; ligule a line of hairs
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of racemes along an axis
- Spikelets
- Spikelets single or paired, abaxial, plano-convex, cuspidate to acuminate; lower glume shorter than the spikelet; upper glume membranous to firmly chartaceous; lower floret male or barren, its lemma similar to the upper glume; upper lemma coriaceous, obtuse with a long mucro housed within the spikelet, its margins inrolled and covering only the edges of the palea; upper palea obtuse
- Fruits
- Caryopsis broadly elliptic to subrotund, strongly flattened.
[GB]
nonem
- Habit
- Annual (8), or perennial (4). Stolons absent, or present (1). Culms erect (1/8), or geniculately ascending (5/8), or decumbent (4/8); 10-62.7-170 cm long; without nodal roots (1/3), or rooting from lower nodes (3/3). Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades linear (9), or lanceolate (8), or ovate (1).
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes single (1), or paired (1), or digitate (1), or borne along a central axis (11); unilateral. Rhachis wingless (7), or narrowly winged (4), or broadly winged (1); foliaceous (1/1); angular (10/10). Spikelet packing abaxial (9/9); contiguous (11), or lax (1); 1 -rowed (1/11), or 2 -rowed (10/11), or 3 -rowed (5/11), or 4 -rowed (4/11). Spikelets appressed (1/2), or pectinate (1/2); solitary (9), or in pairs (9). Fertile spikelets sessile (2), or sessile and pedicelled (9), or pedicelled (2). Pedicels oblong (1/1).
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate (2), or elliptic (5), or ovate (6); dorsally compressed; symmetrical (2), or plano-convex (10); 2.5-4.062-6 mm long; falling entire.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate (2), or elliptic (5), or ovate (6); dorsally compressed; symmetrical (2), or plano-convex (10); 2.5-4.062-6 mm long; falling entire.
- Glume
- Glumes reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate (2), or oblong (2), or ovate (5), or oblate (3); clasping (4/4); hyaline (2), or membranous (8), or herbaceous (2); without keels; 0 -veined (2/11), or 1-2 -veined (1/11), or 3 -veined (8/11), or 4 -veined (4/11), or 5 -veined (6/11). Lower glume lateral veins absent (1), or distinct (11). Lower glume surface glabrous, or pubescent (3), or pilose (1); without hair tufts, or with a dorsal tuft of hair (2). Lower glume apex truncate (3), or obtuse (7), or acute (6), or acuminate (1). Upper glume lanceolate (1), or elliptic (5), or ovate (6); membranous (9), or herbaceous (1), or cartilaginous (1), or coriaceous (1); without keels; 5 -veined (4), or 6 -veined (2), or 7 -veined (8), or 8-9 -veined (2), or 10 -veined (1), or 11 -veined (3). Upper glume lateral veins with cross-veins (2/2). Upper glume surface smooth (10), or spinose (1), or tuberculate (2); glabrous (11), or pubescent (7), or setose (1); with simple hairs (7/8), or tubercle-based hairs (1/8). Upper glume apex obtuse (1), or acute (4), or acuminate (6), or cuspidate (1).
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets male (8), or barren (6); with palea, or without significant palea (1). Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate (1), or elliptic (5), or ovate (6); 1.2-1.25-1.3 length of fertile lemma; membranous (8), or chartaceous (1), or herbaceous (1), or cartilaginous (1), or coriaceous (1); 5 -veined (10), or 6 -veined (4), or 7 -veined (6); without grooves (11), or sulcate (1); acute (5), or acuminate (5), or cuspidate (2). Palea of lower sterile floret hyaline (9), or becoming indurate on keels at maturity (2), or becoming indurate on flanks at maturity (1). Fertile lemma elliptic (5), or oblong (1), or orbicular (6); dorsally compressed (11/11); not gibbous (11), or gibbous (1); hemispherical (1/1); indurate; without keel; 5 -veined (2/3), or 6 -veined (1/3), or 7 -veined (2/3). Lemma surface smooth (3), or granulose (5), or papillose (2), or reticulate (2); unwrinkled (6), or rugulose (7). Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex obtuse (11/11), or acute (1/11); mucronate. Palea not rolled (11), or involute (1); indurate; without keels (1), or 2-keeled (11).
- Distribution
- Europe (1), or Africa, or Temperate Asia (4), or Tropical Asia (4), or Australasia (3), or Pacific (1), or North America (3), or South America (2).
[FTEA]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips And S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974
- Habit
- Annuals or perennials
- Leaves
- Leaf-blades linear to lanceolate; ligule represented by a line of hairs
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes borne upon a short common axis; rhachis ± triquetrous, rarely ribbon-like, bearing single or paired spikelets, their lower glume abaxial
- Spikelets
- Spikelets lanceolate or ovate, plano-convex, cuspidate to acuminate; lower glume mostly shorter than the spikelet; upper glume as long as the spikelet, usually membranous; lower floret ♂ or sterile, its lemma resembling the upper glume, the palea almost as long and usually hyaline; upper lemma coriaceous usually much shorter than the spikelet, obtusely rounded at the tip and mucronate, its margins inrolled and covering only the edges of the palea; upper palea obtuse
- Fruits
- Caryopsis broadly elliptic to subrotund, strongly flattened.
[GB]
nonem
- Habit
- Annual (76), or perennial (46). Rhizomes absent (114), or short (7), or elongated (1). Stolons absent (113), or present (12). Culms erect (20/96), or geniculately ascending (41/96), or decumbent (48/96), or prostrate (12/96), or rambling (5/96), or scandent (1/96); robust (3/18), or slender (13/18), or weak (2/18); 2-49.57-210 cm long; firm (116), or wiry (4), or woody (2); without nodal roots (7/44), or with prop roots (1/44), or rooting from lower nodes (42/44). Culm-internodes terete (3/5), or channelled (2/5), or elliptical in section (1/5). Culm-nodes swollen (1/1). Lateral branches lacking (3/19), or sparse (4/19), or ample (12/19), or fastigiate (3/19), or suffrutescent (1/19). Ligule an eciliate membrane (5), or a ciliolate membrane (6), or a ciliate membrane (12), or a fringe of hairs (98), or absent (3). Leaf-blades persistent, or deciduous at the ligule (1); filiform (2), or linear (72), or lanceolate (75), or elliptic (1), or oblong (2), or ovate (7); membranous (1), or herbaceous (120), or coriaceous (1); stiff (4), or firm (118). Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous (1/1). Leaf-blade margins cartilaginous (37/37).
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme (1), or composed of racemes (120), or comprising only a few spikelets (1); terminal (120), or terminal and axillary (2); exserted (117), or embraced at base by subtending leaf (5). Panicle open (1/1). Racemes single (5/120), or paired (1/120), or borne along a central axis (118/120); not compacted (116/118), or in a multilateral false spike (1/118), or in an interrupted false spike (1/118), or in a head (1/118); appressed (8/120), or erect (4/120), or ascending (111/120), or spreading (2/120), or deflexed (2/120); linear (120/121), or oblong (2/121), or globose (1/121); unilateral (120/120); bearing few fertile spikelets (3/121), or many spikelets (118/121); bearing 2-9-30 fertile spikelets on each. Central inflorescence axis tip without extension (118/119), or filiform (4/119). Rhachis wingless (91/121), or narrowly winged (16/121), or broadly winged (16/121); herbaceous (15/16), or foliaceous (1/16); not appreciably folded (30/31), or folded longitudinally to embrace spikelets (1/31); flattened (1/99), or angular (92/99), or subterete (4/99), or semiterete (2/99); terminating in a spikelet (119/121), or sterile spikelet (2/121). Spikelet packing adaxial (84/85), or abaxial (1/85); crowded (11/121), or contiguous (84/121), or lax (16/121), or distant (10/121); 1 -rowed (17/62), or 2 -rowed (53/62), or 3 -rowed (1/62), or 4 -rowed (2/62). Raceme-bases brief (119/121), or filiform (1/121), or linear (1/121). Spikelets appressed (3/7), or ascending (1/7), or spreading (1/7), or pectinate (2/7); solitary (87), or in pairs (59), or in threes (2), or clustered at each node (3). Fertile spikelets sessile (33), or sessile and pedicelled (17), or pedicelled (73); 1 in the cluster (1/5), or 2 in the cluster (5/5), or 3-4 in the cluster (3/5). Pedicels filiform (8/60), or linear (32/60), or oblong (22/60), or reduced to a stump (1/60); tip oblique (3/9), or widened (1/9), or discoid (4/9), or cupuliform (1/9).
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension (121), or with a barren rhachilla extension (1). Spikelets linear (1), or lanceolate (7), or elliptic (75), or oblong (16), or ovate (24), or orbicular (3), or obovate (9); laterally compressed (1), or dorsally compressed (121); symmetrical (114), or gibbous (1), or turgidly plano-convex (3), or plano-convex (4); 1.494-3.466-8.5 mm long; falling entire. Spikelet callus brief (96), or square (14), or oblong (10), or cuneate (2), or linear (1); free from lower glume (112), or incorporating lowest rhachilla internode with adnate lower glume (10); pubescent (3/4), or pilose (1/4); base pungent (3/3); attached obliquely (2/2). Rhachilla internodes brief up to lowest fertile floret (91), or elongated between glumes (31), or elongated below proximal fertile floret (2). Rhachilla elongation stout (2/2).
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension (121), or with a barren rhachilla extension (1). Spikelets linear (1), or lanceolate (7), or elliptic (75), or oblong (16), or ovate (24), or orbicular (3), or obovate (9); laterally compressed (1), or dorsally compressed (121); symmetrical (114), or gibbous (1), or turgidly plano-convex (3), or plano-convex (4); 1.494-3.466-8.5 mm long; falling entire. Spikelet callus brief (96), or square (14), or oblong (10), or cuneate (2), or linear (1); free from lower glume (112), or incorporating lowest rhachilla internode with adnate lower glume (10); pubescent (3/4), or pilose (1/4); base pungent (3/3); attached obliquely (2/2). Rhachilla internodes brief up to lowest fertile floret (91), or elongated between glumes (31), or elongated below proximal fertile floret (2). Rhachilla elongation stout (2/2).
- Glume
- Glumes shorter than spikelet (4), or reaching apex of florets (118); thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate (4), or elliptic (2), or oblong (9), or ovate (96), or orbicular (5), or oblate (3), or obovate (4); clasping (58/58); hyaline (8/121), or membranous (112/121), or cartilaginous (1/121); without keels; 0-5-15 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent (14), or obscure (2), or distinct (107), or prominent (1); without ribs (109/110), or ribbed (1/110). Lower glume surface convex (121), or grooved on either side of midvein (1); smooth (121), or scabrous (1); glabrous (89), or puberulous (3), or pubescent (21), or pilose (6), or hirsute (1), or villous (6), or hispidulous (1); without hair tufts, or with a dorsal tuft of hair (1). Lower glume apex emarginate (1), or truncate (4), or obtuse (53), or acute (75), or acuminate (9). Upper glume elliptic (24), or oblong (43), or ovate (51), or obovate (4); 1.2-1.481-2 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous (117), or chartaceous (1), or cartilaginous (4); without keels; 3-6-13 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins without ribs (120), or ribbed (2); without cross-veins (1/19), or transversely connected at apex (2/19), or with cross-veins (17/19). Upper glume surface smooth (120), or scabrous (1), or tuberculate (1); glabrous (70), or puberulous (4), or pubescent (47), or pilose (9), or hirsute (1), or villous (8), or hispidulous (1), or setose (1); with simple hairs (65/68), or tubercle-based hairs (2/68), or clavate hairs (1/68); without hair tufts (110), or with marginal tufts of hair (1), or with transverse tufts of hair (1), or with a transverse fringe of hair (12). Upper glume apex obtuse (34/119), or acute (73/119), or acuminate (12/119), or cuspidate (3/119), or rostrate (2/119); muticous (121), or mucronate (1).
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets male (70), or barren (63); with palea (103), or without significant palea (21). Lemma of lower sterile floret elliptic (20), or oblong (42), or ovate (56), or obovate (4); 2.1-2.3-2.5 length of fertile lemma; membranous (115/121), or chartaceous (1/121), or cartilaginous (5/121), or coriaceous (2/121); 3-5-13 -veined; without ribs (120), or ribbed (2); without grooves (113), or sulcate (9); obtuse (28/117), or acute (80/117), or acuminate (9/117), or cuspidate (4/117), or rostrate (1/117); muticous (120), or mucronate (1), or awned (3). Palea of lower sterile floret wingless (102/103), or winged on keels (1/103). Fertile lemma lanceolate (4/121), or elliptic (93/121), or oblong (12/121), or ovate (14/121), or obovate (1/121); dorsally compressed (1/1); not gibbous (120), or gibbous (2); hemispherical (1/1); chartaceous (3), or cartilaginous (1), or coriaceous (2), or indurate (117); without keel (121), or keeled (1); 3 -veined (2/10), or 5 -veined (8/10). Lemma lateral veins obscure (1/1). Lemma surface smooth (72), or granulose (21), or papillose (12), or striate (19), or punctate (2), or pitted (1); unwrinkled (67), or rugulose (37), or rugose (21), or corrugate (3). Lemma margins flat (1), or involute (121); exposing palea (121), or covering most of palea (1). Lemma apex obtuse (43/115), or acute (50/115), or apiculate (25/115), or rostrate (2/115); without ornament (118), or laterally pinched (2), or pubescent (3); muticous (106), or mucronate (19), or awned (2); 1 -awned (1/1). Principal lemma awn limb glabrous (18/19), or puberulous (1/19). Palea not rolled (3), or involute (119); 1 length of lemma; membranous (1), or chartaceous (3), or cartilaginous (1), or coriaceous (2), or indurate (116); without keels (117), or 2-keeled (5).
- Flowers
- Lodicules 2 (4/4); fleshy (1/1). Anthers 3 (27/27).
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp (9/9); ellipsoid (8/11), or oblong (1/11), or ovoid (2/11), or orbicular (1/11). Embryo 0.5-0.6525-0.75 length of caryopsis. Hilum punctiform (2/6), or elliptic (4/6), or linear (2/6); 0.25-0.29-0.33 length of caryopsis.
- Distribution
- Europe (1), or Africa (80), or Temperate Asia (22), or Tropical Asia (27), or Australasia (25), or Pacific (10), or North America (19), or South America (23).
[FZ]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton. Flora Zambesiaca 10:3. 1989
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of racemes along a central axis (this branched in B. malacodes), the spikelets single and adaxial, paired, or rarely in fascicles.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets ovate to oblong, plump, obtuse to acute, sometimes the lowest internode elongated and then often accrescent to the sheathing base of the inferior glume to form a short stipe.
- Glume
- Inferior glume mostly shorter than spikelet.
- Lemma
- Inferior lemma awnless, rarely (B. nigropedata, B. serrata) with an awn-point up to 1 mm. long. Superior lemma filling the spikelet, coriaceous to crustaceous, obtuse to acute, rarely mucronate.
[FTEA]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips And S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974
- Habit
- Annuals or perennials
- Leaves
- Leaf-blades linear to lanceolate; ligule represented by a line of hairs
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes borne upon a common axis; rhachis triquetrous to ribbon-like, bearing single or sometimes paired spikelets, their lower glume adaxial
- Spikelets
- Spikelets ovate to oblong, plump, obtuse to acute, sometimes the lowest internode elongated, then often accrescent to the sheathing base of the lower glume and forming a short stipe; lower glume mostly shorter than the spikelet; upper glume as long as the spikelet, membranous or herbaceous; lower floret ♂ or sterile, its lemma resembling the upper glume; upper lemma coriaceous to crustaceous, obtuse to acute, usually muticous, its margins inrolled and covering only the edges of the palea; upper palea obtuse to subacute, its tip tucked within the lemma
- Fruits
- Caryopsis elliptic, dorsally compressed.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Annual or perennial; leaves linear to lanceolate
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of racemes along a central axis, the rhachis filiform to ribbon-like
- Spikelets
- Spikelets single or paired, rarely in fascicles or secondary racemelets, sessile or pedicelled, adaxial, plump, sometimes the lowest internode elongated and accrescent to the sheathing base of the lower glume and forming a short stipe; lower glume shorter than the spikelet; lower floret male or barren; upper lemma coriaceous to crustaceous, obtuse to acute, occasionally mucronate, its margins inrolled and covering only the edges of the palea; upper palea obtuse to subacute, its tip tucked within the lemma
- Fruits
- Caryopsis elliptic, dorsally compressed.
- Distribution
- Some 80-100 species in the tropics, mainly in the Old World.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Ascension, Azores, Belgium, Bermuda, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Easter Is., Great Britain, Kermadec Is., Line Is., Madeira, Massachusetts, Nauru, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Oregon, Phoenix Is., Primorye, Sicilia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is.
- Urochloa adspersa (Trin.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa advena (Vickery) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa albicoma (Swallen & García-Barr.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa argentea (R.Br.) Hughes
- Urochloa arizonica (Scribn. & Merr.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa arrecta (Hack.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa atrisola R.D.Webster
- Urochloa bovonei (Chiov.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa brachyura (Hack.) Stapf
- Urochloa brevispicata (Rendle) Sosef
- Urochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa burmanica (Bor) Veldkamp
- Urochloa caboverdiana (Conert & C.Kohler) Veldkamp, Potdar & S.R.Yadav
- Urochloa ciliatissima (Buckley) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa clavipila (Chiov.) Sosef
- Urochloa comata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Sosef
- Urochloa deflexa (Schumach.) H.Scholz
- Urochloa dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Veldkamp
- Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa distachyoides (Stapf) Sosef
- Urochloa dura (Stapf) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa echinolaenoides Stapf
- Urochloa eminii (Mez) Davidse
- Urochloa foliosa (R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa fusca (Sw.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
- Urochloa fusiformis (Reeder) Veldkamp
- Urochloa gilesii (Benth.) Hughes
- Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp
- Urochloa holosericea (R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa jaliscana (Santana Mich.) Espejo & López-Ferr.
- Urochloa jubata (Fig. & De Not.) Sosef
- Urochloa kurzii (Hook.f.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa lachnantha (Hochst.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa lata (Schumach.) C.E.Hubb.
- Urochloa leersioides (Hochst.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa lorentziana (Mez) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa megastachya (Nees ex Trin.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa meziana (Hitchc.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa mollis (Sw.) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa multiculma (Andersson) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa notochthona (Domin) Hughes
- Urochloa oblita (Swallen) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa occidentalis (C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb.) B.K.Simon
- Urochloa oligobrachiata (Pilg.) Kartesz
- Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard
- Urochloa olivacea Sánchez-Ken
- Urochloa ophryodes (Chase) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa orthostachys (Mez) K.M.Ibrahim & P.M.Peterson
- Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv.
- Urochloa pauciflora Sánchez-Ken
- Urochloa paucispicata (Morong) Morrone & Zuloaga
- Urochloa piligera (F.Muell. ex Benth.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa platynota (K.Schum.) Pilg.
- Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C.Wright) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa platyrrhachis C.E.Hubb.
- Urochloa polyphylla (R.Br.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa polystachya (Kunth) Mabb.
- Urochloa praetervisa (Domin) Hughes
- Urochloa pubigera (Roem. & Schult.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf
- Urochloa reticulata (Stapf) Sosef
- Urochloa rudis Stapf
- Urochloa rugulosa (Stapf) Sosef
- Urochloa sclerochlaena Chiov.
- Urochloa serrata (Thunb.) Sosef
- Urochloa setigera (Retz.) Stapf
- Urochloa stigmatisata (Mez) K.M.Ibrahim & P.M.Peterson
- Urochloa subquadripara (Trin.) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa subulifolia (Mez) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton
- Urochloa tanimbarensis (Ohwi) Veldkamp
- Urochloa texana (Buckley) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa trichopodioides (Mez & K.Schum.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen
- Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf
- Urochloa turbinata (Van der Veken) Sosef
- Urochloa villosa (Lam.) T.Q.Nguyen
- Urochloa whiteana (Domin) R.D.Webster
- Urochloa wittei (Robyns) Sosef
- Urochloa xantholeuca (Hack.) H.Scholz
Urochloa P.Beauv. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Hatschbach, G. [78367], Brazil | Brachiaria | K001102385 |
First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 52 (1812)
Accepted by
- Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 1 Plant Ecology and Evolution 149: 356-365.
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