Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa distachyoides (Stapf) Sosef

First published in Pl. Ecol. Evol. 149: 360 (2016)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dawodu [163] Nigeria Brachiaria distachyoides K000282240 Holotype Yes
Dawodu [163] Nigeria Brachiaria distachyoides K000282238 Holotype Yes
Dawodu [163] Nigeria Brachiaria distachyoides K000282237 Holotype Yes
Dawodu [163] Nigeria Brachiaria distachyoides K000282239 Holotype Yes
Louis, J. [4475] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria distachyoides K003052321 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [736] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria distachyoides K003052320 Yes
Boudet, G. [2832] Cote d'Ivoire Brachiaria distachyoides K003051714 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3027] Sierra Leone Brachiaria distachyoides K003051711 Yes
[A. Yomohoun] [368A] Brachiaria distachyoides K003051718 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [809] Sierra Leone Brachiaria distachyoides K003051710 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [299] Sierra Leone Brachiaria distachyoides K003051712 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6151] Cote d'Ivoire Brachiaria distachyoides K003051716 Yes
[A. Yomohoun] [36811] Cote d'Ivoire Brachiaria distachyoides K003051715 Yes
Lebrun, J. [3115] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria distachyoides K003052322 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1172] Sierra Leone Brachiaria distachyoides K003051713 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A3880] Ghana Brachiaria distachyoides K003051717 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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