Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) 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 Kenya to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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 nigropedata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [459] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742942 Yes
Moll, E.J.; Pooley, E.S. [4183] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742927 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4022] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606911 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1640] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606925 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1730] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606924 Yes
Senderayi, E. [83] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606896 Yes
Newton; Juliasi [38] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606927 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15914] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606921 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1980] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606944 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [28] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606938 Yes
Noffs, L.B. [673] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606930 Yes
s.coll. [18] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606912 Yes
Torre, A.R. [6749] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606887 Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1422] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606898 Yes
Bourquin, O. [858] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742924 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2405] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606899 Yes
van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2685] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606879 Yes
Wild, H. [5397] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606935 Yes
Brueckner, A. [339] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742939 Yes
Baines, T. South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K000282180 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [762] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606880 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5485] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606878 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [91/55] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606904 Yes
[Margaret Henieksen] [2492] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606915 Yes
s.coll. [B 8804] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K001625395 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 127] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K001611573 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 127] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K001611572 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 127] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K001611528 Yes
M.M.C. [S.Africa 127] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K001611529 Yes
Merrett, L. [2267] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K001614467 Yes
Jacobsen, N. [2610] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742947 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8981] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606952 Yes
Muller, D.B. [1765] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742926 Yes
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4409] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606910 Yes
Brain, C.K. [5715] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606929 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2830] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606875 Yes
Lloyd, M.L. [2412] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606916 Yes
Brain, C.K. [2591] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606928 Yes
Marloth, R. [1091] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K000282181 Type Yes
Smook, L. [4443] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742944 Yes
Brown, R.C.; Brown, D.C. [8268] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606943 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742928 Yes
Orpen, K. [255] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742935 Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [7136] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606948 Yes
Theron, G.K. [2751] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742946 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [309] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742937 Yes
Smook, L. [4871] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742945 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15720] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606920 Yes
de Winter, B. [7381] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606956 Yes
Myre, M.; de Carvalho, M. F. [1116] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606886 Yes
s.coll. [67] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606949 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S14] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606957 Yes
Donaldson, C.H. [12] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742931 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1551] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606891 Yes
Mott, P.J. [28] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606955 Yes
Kelly, R.D. [555] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606932 Yes
Timberlake, J.R.; Cunliffe, R.N. [4440] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606907 Yes
Brueckner, A. [340] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742938 Yes
Winter, J. [2319] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606914 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [2092] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742930 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [606] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742929 Yes
Myre, M.; Carvalho, M.F. [1989] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606888 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1346] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606890 Yes
Burchell [2577] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K000282178 Type Yes
Mott, P.J. [1104] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606959 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [565] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742951 Yes
Myre, M.; de Carvalho, M. F. [1102] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606889 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1860] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606941 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9109] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K001553649 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9165] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K001553942 Yes
Brueckner, A.; Whitlock, L. [207] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742934 Yes
Muller, D.B. [1182] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742923 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1864] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606894 No
Jeffreys [62] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606906 Yes
van Rensburg, H.J. [1113KBS] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606876 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6090] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742940 Yes
de Koning, J. [8002] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606884 Yes
s.coll. [54] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606913 Yes
Burchell [2391] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K000282177 Syntype Yes
Sydney; James [12] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742941 Yes
Smook, L. [961] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742950 Yes
Myre, M.; Balsinhass, A. [601] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606885 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D141] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606937 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2810] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606881 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [1439] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606934 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1046] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606877 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15903] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606895 Yes
Lloyd, M.L. [2411] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606919 Yes
Reynolds, M. [2462] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606917 Yes
McGregor, G.M. [M176] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606908 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1357] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606892 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [4197] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606897 Yes
[Vet. Reserch] [1] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606874 Yes
Holub, E.M. [s.n.] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606918 Yes
Keller-Grein, G. [Z-135-2] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606933 Yes
Maguire, B. [BM7841] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606953 Yes
O'Connor, T.G. [11] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742925 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4054] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606939 Yes
Miller, O.B. [5037] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606903 Yes
Davies, R. [D439] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606926 Yes
Smith, P.A. [389] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606945 Yes
de Hoogh, R.J. [s.n.] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606958 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2761] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606940 Yes
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4218] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606909 Yes
Clighorn, W.B. [46] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606936 Yes
Hornby, R.M. [2605] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606882 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2403] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606902 Yes
de Beer, J.S. [D62] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606951 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [2417] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742932 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [261] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742948 Yes
de Winter, B. [7302] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606942 Yes
Astle, W.L. [2948] Zambia Brachiaria nigropedata K003606893 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [281] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606905 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [81] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742936 Yes
s.coll. [87] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606950 Yes
Burchell [2610] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K000282179 Syntype Yes
Smook, L. [8270] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742943 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2407] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606900 Yes
Cecil, E. [268] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606931 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [234] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742949 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [2403] South Africa Brachiaria nigropedata K003742933 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A.; Lemos [241] Mozambique Brachiaria nigropedata K003606883 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [940] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606954 Yes
West, O. [7419] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606901 Yes
Greatlead, P. [4083] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606947 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2378] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606923 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [575] Botswana Brachiaria nigropedata K003606946 Yes
Laegaard, S. [16160] Zimbabwe Brachiaria nigropedata K003606922 Yes

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