Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R.D.Webster

First published in Syst. Bot. 13: 607 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food.

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

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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?
Lobo, S. [1777] Costa Rica K001528883 Yes
May 1, 1998 Nascimento, M.S.B.; Renvoize, S.A. [1419] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078374 Yes
Sep 25, 1995 Nascimento, M.S.B.; Carvalho, J.H. [649] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078371 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Davidse, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Vital, D.M. [10997] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078373 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [9570] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078410 Yes
Dec 1, 1961 Maitland, T.D. [26] Cameroon Brachiaria plantaginea K000182462 Yes
Dec 1, 1961 Maitland, T.D. [26] Cameroon Brachiaria plantaginea K000182461 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [4487] Mexico Brachiaria plantaginea K003743455 Yes
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1399] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743837 No
Zuloaga, F.; Ezcurra, C.; Ponce, M.; Avila, M.V.; Cialdella, C. [2889] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744148 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [3609] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078396 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [2322] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078408 Yes
Commerson, P. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078390 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4517] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078398 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70688] Ecuador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743842 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [9345] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078391 Yes
Klein, R.M. [10402] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743870 No
Carvalho, A.M.; Pessoal do CEPEMAR [3174] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003877 No
Clayton, W.D. [4590] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078397 Yes
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078393 Yes
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078394 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3844] Ghana Brachiaria plantaginea K003051691 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Morrone, O. [3005Y] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744151 No
Weatherwax [216] Guatemala Brachiaria plantaginea K003743453 Yes
Davidse, G. [10481] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078372 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Ezcurra, C.; Ponce, M.; Avila, M.V.; Cialdella, C. [2637] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744146 No
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1230] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743835 No
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003874 Isotype Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Morrone, O. [3016] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744150 No
Lock, J.M. [83/49] Venezuela Brachiaria plantaginea K003743839 No
Riedel, L. [1950] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078409 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4794] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078404 Yes
Eiten, G.; Clayton, W.D. [6034] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078399 Yes
Cabrera, A.L. [26152] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744152 No
Irvine, F.R. [5175] Ghana Brachiaria plantaginea K003051692 Yes
Laegaard, S. [18625] Ecuador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743844 No
Barbosa, E.; Hatschbach, G.; Costa, E.F. [767] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743871 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11941] Honduras Brachiaria plantaginea K003743451 Yes
Heyde, E.T.; Lux, E. [s.n.] Guatemala Brachiaria plantaginea K003743452 Yes
Imaguire, N. [64] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078388 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Ezcurra, C.; Ponce, M.; Avila, M.V.; Cialdella, A. [2637] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744154 No
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003875 Isotype Yes
Hoock-Cayenne, J.; [Msooky] [s.n.] Guyana Brachiaria plantaginea K003743849 No
Woolston, A.L. [G100] Paraguay Brachiaria plantaginea K003743850 No
Jonsson, G. [93a] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078389 Yes
Hage, J.L.; dos Santos, T.S.; Barreto, L.A.S. [1723] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003873 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [5045] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078400 Yes
Gardner, G. [3499] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078392 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Ramia, M.; Ortiz, R. [4339] Venezuela Brachiaria plantaginea K003743838 No
Pohl, R.W.; Gabel, M. [13644] El Salvador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743449 Yes
Guaglianone, E.R.; Galiano, N.G.; Tur, N.M. [1983] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744147 No
Clayton, W.D. [4149] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078405 Yes
Akpabla, G.K. [3846] Ghana Brachiaria plantaginea K003051687 Yes
Swainson [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078395 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11341] Costa Rica Brachiaria plantaginea K003743448 Yes
Cabrera, A. [30262] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744145 No
Swallen, R.J. [4447] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003876 Yes
Burkart, A. [s.n.] Venezuela Brachiaria plantaginea K003743840 No
Maitland, T.D. [860] Cameroon Brachiaria plantaginea K000182460 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Morrone, O. [3014] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744149 No
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1174] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743874 No
Sohns, E.R. [693] Mexico Brachiaria plantaginea K003743457 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico Brachiaria plantaginea K003743454 Yes
Kozera, C. [1682] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743872 No
Pohl, R.W. [11901] El Salvador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743450 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4095] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078406 Yes
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1377] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743876 No
Clayton, W.D. [4346] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078403 Yes
Gardner [0] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003871 Yes
Obeng-Darko, K. [5564] Ghana Brachiaria plantaginea K003051690 Yes
[Maoocky] [[3383]] Guyana Brachiaria plantaginea K003743848 No
Hoehne, W. [11763] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078402 Yes
Laegaard, S. [19644] Ecuador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743841 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Mexico Brachiaria plantaginea K003743456 Yes
Ridley, H.N.; Lea; Ramage, G.A. [145] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003878 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743845 No
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10388] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078401 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Madsen, J.E.; Traoré, S.A. [16862] Senegal Brachiaria plantaginea K003051693 Yes
Cabrera, A.L.; Deginani, N.; Giangualani, R.; Kiesling, R.; Zuloaga, F. [26492] Argentina Brachiaria plantaginea K003744153 No
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1384] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743875 No
La Danso, I.L. [51] Ghana Brachiaria plantaginea K003051689 Yes
Rosengurtt, B.; Del Puerto, O.; Brescia [9546] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K001078407 Yes
Assi, A. [10661] Cote d'Ivoire Brachiaria plantaginea K003051694 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70641] Ecuador Brachiaria plantaginea K003743843 No
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1423] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743873 No
Bona Nascimento, M.S.; de Carvalho, J.H. [404] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K000003872 No
Irvine, F.R. [5176] Ghana Brachiaria plantaginea K003051688 Yes
de Carvalho, J.H.; Bona Nascimento, M.S. [650] Brazil Brachiaria plantaginea K003743836 No

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