Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa lachnantha (Hochst.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton

First published in Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 37: 42 (2005)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Tanzania. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic 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 lachnantha.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1978 Bogdan, A. [AB5332] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489855 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [1166] Somalia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052783 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9782] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489851 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4486] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052771 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2413] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489856 Yes
Burger, W. [2996] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052775 Yes
Schimper [2239] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K000282125 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [2239] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K000282124 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H.; Sheikh, A. [6416] Somalia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052778 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2991] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489852 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1632] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489858 Yes
Schimper [1210] Brachiaria lachnantha K003052781 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [2646] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052770 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A. [5172] Somalia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052777 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2350] Somalia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052779 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Mwangi, J. [7115] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489850 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [12717] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489853 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3331] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052774 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5/71/7] Somalia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052782 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3094] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052776 Yes
Heathcote, O. [AB5367] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489854 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3313] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489857 Yes
s.coll. [1268] Tanzania Brachiaria lachnantha K003605792 Yes
Ash [2429] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052773 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [805] Ethiopia Brachiaria lachnantha K003052772 Yes
Drake-Brockman [461] Brachiaria lachnantha K003052780 Yes
Wilson, G. [63A] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489860 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1824] Kenya Brachiaria lachnantha K000489859 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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