Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Haiti, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Panamá, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 212 (1909)
- Panicum plantagineum Link in Hort. Berol. 1: 206 (1827)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Panicum disciferum E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 19 (1886)
- Panicum distans Salzm. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61 (1853), nom. illeg.
- Panicum leandrii Trin. in Sp. Gram. 3: t. 335 (1835)
- Urochloa discifera (E.Fourn.) Morrone & Zuloaga in Darwiniana 32: 65 (1993)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2022). https://doi.org/10.15553/c2022v772a7. epublication.
- 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 plantaginea.]
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
- (2022). https://doi.org/10.15553/c2022v772a7. epublication.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- 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/.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- 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.
- Verloove, F. (2013). New xenophytes from Gran Canaria (Canary islands, Spain), with emphasis on naturalised and (potentially) invasive species. Collectanea Botanica 32: 59-82.
- 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.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 1998 | Nascimento, M.S.B. [1419], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078374 | Yes | |
Sep 25, 1995 | Nascimento, M.S.B. [649], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078371 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1984 | Davidse, G. [10997], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078373 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1973 | Irwin, H.S. [9570], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078410 | Yes | |
Dec 1, 1961 | Maitland, T.D. [26], Cameroon | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000182461 | No | |
Dec 1, 1961 | Maitland, T.D. [26], Cameroon | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000182462 | No | |
Carvalho, A.M. [3174], Bahia | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003877 | No | ||
Swallen, R.J. [4447], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003876 | Yes | ||
Hage, J.L. [1723], Bahia | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003873 | Yes | ||
Bona Nascimento, M.S. [404], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003872 | No | ||
Gardner [0], Pernambuco | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003871 | Yes | ||
Ridley, H.N. [145], Fernando de Noronha | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003878 | Yes | ||
Salzmann [s.n.], Bahia | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003874 | isotype | Yes | |
Salzmann [s.n.], Bahia | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000003875 | isotype | Yes | |
Maitland, T.D. [860], Cameroon | Brachiaria plantaginea | K000182460 | No | ||
Swainson [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078395 | Yes | ||
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078393 | Yes | ||
Eiten, G. [10388], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078401 | Yes | ||
Jonsson, G. [93a], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078389 | Yes | ||
Irwin, H.S. [2322], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078408 | Yes | ||
Riedel, L. [1950], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078409 | Yes | ||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [3609], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078396 | Yes | ||
Rosengurtt, B. [9546], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078407 | Yes | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4517], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078398 | Yes | ||
Davidse, G. [10481], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078372 | Yes | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4590], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078397 | Yes | ||
Hoehne, W. [11763], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078402 | Yes | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4149], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078405 | Yes | ||
Commerson, P. [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078390 | Yes | ||
Gardner, G. [3499], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078392 | Yes | ||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [9345], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078391 | Yes | ||
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078394 | Yes | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4346], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078403 | Yes | ||
Duarte, A.P. [5045], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078400 | Yes | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4095], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078406 | Yes | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4794], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078404 | Yes | ||
Eiten, G. [6034], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078399 | Yes | ||
Imaguire, N. [64], Brazil | Brachiaria plantaginea | K001078388 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0