Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa polystachya (Kunth) Mabb.

First published in Mabberley's Pl.-Book, ed. 4: 1102 (2017)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Florida, Jawa, Mississippi, Sumatera, Texas, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. Trinidad and Tobago Eriochloa polystachya K003926924 Yes
Laegaard, S. [52427] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927031 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Quintana, C. [19492] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927029 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Gabel, M. [13709] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926846 Yes
{E. de La Saviniere} [1565] Indonesia Eriochloa polystachya K003925819 Yes
Ornellas, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil Eriochloa polystachya K001078332 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. Guyana Eriochloa polystachya K003926926 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Quintana, C. [19613] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927028 Yes
s.coll. [1331] Brazil Eriochloa polystachya K001078333 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Eriochloa polystachya K003925904 Yes
Laegaard, S. [102617] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927030 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11019] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926850 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Eriochloa polystachya K001078334 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21788] Thailand Eriochloa polystachya K000688144 Yes
Laegaard, S. [51938] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927033 Yes
Laegaard, S. [52978] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927032 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [11154] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926848 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10782] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926849 Yes
Ornellas, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil Eriochloa polystachya K001078331 Yes
[Hidram] [831] Mexico Eriochloa polystachya K003926852 Yes
Chase, A. Puerto Rico Eriochloa polystachya K003926923 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [20562] Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya K003927027 Yes
Ocampo, R.A. [1973] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926845 Yes
Brown, R. [6088] Australia Eriochloa polystachya K000958821 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pohl, R.W. [12668] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926847 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11760] Costa Rica Eriochloa polystachya K003926851 Yes
Essed Suriname Eriochloa polystachya K003926925 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0