Poaceae
Urochloa

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

First published in Syst. Bot. 13: 606 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A., Cuba, Bolivia to N. Argentina. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil South, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Paraguay, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Virginia

Introduced into:

Brazil Northeast, Delaware, Germany, Great Britain, Honduras, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Brachiaria platyphylla.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nealley, G.C. [70] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743376 Yes
Wright, C. [3441] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K000309371 Type Yes
Wright, C. [3853] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K003743723 No
Ekman, E.L. [14084] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K003743720 No
Izaguirre; del Puerto, O. [2110] Uruguay Brachiaria platyphylla K003744160 No
Hale, J. [s.n.] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743372 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [83518] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743375 Yes
Bowen, H. [s.n.] United Kingdom Brachiaria platyphylla K002919742 Yes
Beck, S.G. [15070A] Bolivia Brachiaria platyphylla K003744032 No
Clement, E.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom Brachiaria platyphylla K002919741 Yes
Venturi, S. [770] Argentina Brachiaria platyphylla K003744156 No
Caponio, I.; Urbani, M. [80] Argentina Brachiaria platyphylla K003744159 No
s.coll. [73] Brachiaria platyphylla K003743725 No
Nealley, G.C. [70] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743377 Yes
Venturi, S. [2384] Argentina Brachiaria platyphylla K003744157 No
Hall, E. [814] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743378 Yes
Wright, C. [164] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K003743726 No
Swallen, J.R. [10266] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743371 Yes
Zuloaga, F.O.; Ezcurra, C.; Morrone, O. [3346] Argentina Brachiaria platyphylla K003744158 No
Mountain, J. [s.n.] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743373 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10543] Bolivia Brachiaria platyphylla K003744028 No
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K003743722 No
Halse, R.R. [6125] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743369 Yes
Bartlett, H.H. [19719] Argentina Brachiaria platyphylla K003744155 No
Leslie, J.F. [s.n.] United Kingdom Brachiaria platyphylla K002919740 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [16999] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K003743721 No
Sasser, R. [s.n.] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743374 Yes
Wright, C. [3867] Cuba Brachiaria platyphylla K003743724 No
Beck, S.G. [15627] Bolivia Brachiaria platyphylla K003744030 No
Beck, S.G. [3416] Bolivia Brachiaria platyphylla K003744031 No
Beck, S.G. [5047] Bolivia Brachiaria platyphylla K003744033 No
Nealley, G.C. [s.n.] United States Brachiaria platyphylla K003743370 Yes
Renvoize, S. [4690] Bolivia Brachiaria platyphylla K003744029 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0