Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa kurzii (Hook.f.) T.Q.Nguyen

First published in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 13 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia and N. Australia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Nepal, Queensland, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia

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 kurzii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1965 Backer [27829] Indonesia Brachiaria kurzii K000290243 Type Yes
Aug 23, 1962 Kerr, A.F.G. [19555] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000621019 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [197] Brachiaria kurzii K003050673 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1217] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000688106 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1243] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000621017 Yes
Clarkson, J.R.; Neldner, V.J. [8131] Australia Brachiaria kurzii K003051143 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4987] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000688107 Yes
de Froideville, Monod [1448] Indonesia Brachiaria kurzii K003050783 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13232] Sri Lanka Brachiaria kurzii K003050669 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [4724] Bangladesh Brachiaria kurzii K000245305 Type Yes
Ram, S. [s.n.] Brachiaria kurzii K003050672 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4465] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000621018 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brachiaria kurzii K000958904 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India Brachiaria kurzii K000245463 Type Yes
Smitinand, T. [1606] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000688104 Yes
Wallich [8745] India Brachiaria kurzii K000245304 Type Yes
Wallich [8745] India Brachiaria kurzii K000245462 Paralectotype Yes
Lazarides, M. [7454] Thailand Brachiaria kurzii K000688105 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [14259] Bangladesh Brachiaria kurzii K000245306 Paralectotype Yes
Ram, S. [s.n.] India Brachiaria kurzii K003050670 Yes
Ram, S. [s.n.] Brachiaria kurzii K003050671 No
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India Brachiaria kurzii K000245307 Paralectotype Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] India Brachiaria kurzii K000245303 Lectotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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