Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa oligobrachiata (Pilg.) Kartesz

First published in Synth. N. Amer. Fl., nomencl. innov. 1(Nomencl. Innov.): 40 (1999)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa to Zambia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Zambia

Introduced into:

Brazil Northeast, Florida

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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 oligobrachiata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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/.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1988 Deivèvre Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K000282154 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1988 Deivèvre Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K000282153 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1934 Schlechter [12663] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K000282152 Holotype Yes
Bredo [2645] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052318 Yes
Gossens [4920] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052314 Yes
Brynaert [369] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052313 No
s.coll. [1167] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052319 Yes
Bredo [2625] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052315 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [594½] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052316 Yes
Lebrun, J. [983] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K003052317 Yes
Chevalier, A. [11014] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria oligobrachiata K000282151 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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