Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q.Nguyen

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China South-Central, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cyprus, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maryland, Mauritius, Mississippi, North Carolina, Northern Territory, Peru, Queensland, Réunion, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Western Australia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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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 ramosa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

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