Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa falcifera (Trin.) Zon

First published in Blumea 64: 215 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Central African Republic. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Irvine, F.R. [2660] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051680 Yes
[R. Llozton] [DC392] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051676 Yes
Sinsin, B. [3642] Benin Brachiaria falcifera K001562455 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [20137] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051681 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A2046] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051678 Yes
s.coll. [253] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051675 Yes
Ankrah [GC20136] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051677 Yes
Howes, F.N. [1139] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051674 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1428] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051673 Yes
Johnson, W.H. [1021] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051671 Yes
Johnson [1035] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K000282235 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thonning Guinea Brachiaria falcifera K000282236 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adams, C.D. [4274] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051679 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [869] Ghana Brachiaria falcifera K003051672 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/

  • 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