Urochloa leersioides (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 Egypt to Mozambique, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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 leersioides.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Miller, A.G. [254] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919859 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3918] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919842 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3839] Oman Brachiaria leersioides K002919868 Yes
Schimper, W. [2200] Ethiopia Brachiaria leersioides K000282208 Unknown Type Material Yes
[M. Modha] [47] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606112 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24681] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606089 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [179] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606074 Yes
Cope, T.A. [304] Oman Brachiaria leersioides K002919866 Yes
Wilson, J. [869] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606131 Yes
Scott, L. [s.n.] Mozambique Brachiaria leersioides K003607253 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1168] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria leersioides K003052537 Yes
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/E/13] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606080 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4744] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919856 Yes
Harker, K.W. [352] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606129 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1977] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606152 Yes
Thomas, J.H. [JH3898] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606136 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [954] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919848 Yes
Carrington, J. [622] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria leersioides K003052541 Yes
Poultney, R.G. [AB5468] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606124 Yes
Richards, M. [23565] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606154 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [s.n.] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606116 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [s.n.] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606133 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3762] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606153 Yes
Brown, E.S. [1859A] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606121 Yes
Burtt Davy, J.; F.L.S. [2696/29] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606088 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1162] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria leersioides K003052539 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3984] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919850 Yes
Ament, J.G. [433] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606073 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1418] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606123 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [106] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606077 Yes
Harker, K.W. [367] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606130 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1365] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606127 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3149] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606150 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [7046] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919849 Yes
Church, M.E. [91] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606098 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24426] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606144 Yes
Glover; Samuel; Wateridge [2956] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606106 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1814] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606134 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1230] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606147 Yes
Qvortrap, S.A. [59] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606101 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [851] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606145 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [322] Brachiaria leersioides K002919857 Yes
Fiennes, R.N. [148] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606138 Yes
Napper, D. (Miss) [1249] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606093 Yes
Langridge, W.P. [31] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606111 Yes
Scheffler, G.; Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606084 Yes
Napper, D. (Miss); Kitui, N. [1578] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606095 Yes
Fiennes, R.N. [129] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606135 Yes
Cope, T.A. [379] Oman Brachiaria leersioides K002919867 Yes
Gillespie, L. [87] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919854 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [21233] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606118 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [269] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606072 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6565] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606128 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1623] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606120 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [190] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606076 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919862 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9072] Oman Brachiaria leersioides K002919864 Yes
Holst, C. [2031] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606146 Yes
Mandaville Jr., J.P. [7821] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919869 Yes
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/E/47] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606079 No
s.coll. [134] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606094 Yes
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/E/13A] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606078 Yes
Gillet, H. [3325] Brachiaria leersioides K003052536 Yes
Popov, G. [1502] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606109 Yes
Linton, A. [173] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606085 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919863 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [2040] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919847 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15164] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606107 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [871] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606086 Yes
Haarer, A. [1289] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606141 Yes
Schweinfurth [s.n.] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K000958914 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B8643] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606119 Yes
Leippert [6207] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606151 Yes
[Kerrie Gotto Smith] [KGS21] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919852 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2771] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606105 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3725] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919845 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4699] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919851 Yes
Ament, J.; Magogo, F.C. [266] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606104 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3140] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919855 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6324] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606139 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [K172] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606115 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5321] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606149 Yes
Emson, H.E. [264] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606140 Yes
Kassner [491] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606081 Yes
Leuthold, W. [46] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606125 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/736] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606075 Yes
Gillet, H. [2050] Brachiaria leersioides K003052535 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [2100] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606083 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6752] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606103 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5374] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606092 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4563] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606087 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4711] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919853 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2086] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919858 Yes
Katende, A.B.; Arnstein Lye, K. [5678] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606132 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [945] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919846 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR340] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606122 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [2934] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606099 Yes
Collenette, S. [3686] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919844 Yes
McDonald, J. [890] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606100 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1083] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria leersioides K003052540 Yes
Procter, J. [3725] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606148 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3772] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria leersioides K002919843 Yes
Masens, B. [120] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria leersioides K003052538 Yes
Stewart [458] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606082 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC55] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606108 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606097 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3544] Oman Brachiaria leersioides K002919865 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2366] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606126 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [745] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606096 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [688] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606110 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6289] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606102 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [322] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919860 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1769] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606091 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24245] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606143 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1466] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606117 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [29] Yemen Brachiaria leersioides K002919861 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6369] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606090 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [12980] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606114 Yes
Thomas, J.H. [JH4085] Uganda Brachiaria leersioides K003606137 Yes
Hatch, S.L. [4272] Kenya Brachiaria leersioides K003606113 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [870] Tanzania Brachiaria leersioides K003606142 Yes

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