Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb.

First published in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 469 (1853)
This name is a synonym of Urochloa

Publications

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press. [Cited as Brachiaria.]
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Brachiaria.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 505.
  • in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469 (1853)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469 (1853).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469 (1853)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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