Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa ovalis (Stapf) Zon

First published in Blumea 64: 215 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1988 Appleton Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K000282116 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1988 Gillet, J.B. [4903] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K000282119 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1988 Gillet, J.B. [4903] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K000282118 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 unknown [47] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K000244735 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8705] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052902 Yes
Cope, T.A. [430] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919794 Yes
Bordwood, W.S. [s.n.] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K002919784 Yes
Brown, F. [29] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052876 Yes
van Swinderen, H. [M104] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605955 Yes
Salt Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K000282117 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [283] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052908 Yes
Wieland, R. [1584] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052892 Yes
Popov, G. [1562] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605945 Yes
{Capt B. T. G. F} [51] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052898 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1379] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605939 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [899] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052880 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8684] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052888 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [138] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052907 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3465] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052885 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9093A] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919799 Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan Brachiaria ovalis K003052829 Yes
van Swinderen, H. [M149] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605954 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [397] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052884 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3421] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605938 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7444] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria ovalis K002919777 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12795] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605941 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2086] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052881 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3352] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052875 Yes
Stocks [s.n.] Brachiaria ovalis K003050185 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17536] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052891 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4791] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605952 Yes
Farquharson, R.A. [16] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052906 Yes
Myers, J.G. [14019] Sudan Brachiaria ovalis K003052831 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Brachiaria ovalis K003050186 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Långström [8478] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K002919781 Yes
Cope, T.A. [373] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919792 Yes
Waring, J. [21] Brachiaria ovalis K002919783 Yes
Peveling [G4] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K001600651 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8726] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052887 Yes
Waring, J. [s.n.] Brachiaria ovalis K002919782 No
Maconochie, J.R. [3630] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919796 Yes
Eagleton, G. [28] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052894 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2324] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052871 Yes
Chedeville, E. [2056] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052899 Yes
Cope, T.A. [419] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919795 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [1231] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052883 Yes
Corrà, M. [JD-1] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052882 Yes
Cope, T.A. [367] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919793 Yes
Norris, J.J. [102] Brachiaria ovalis K003050184 Yes
van Swinderen, H. [M161] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605956 Yes
Wieland, R. [1338] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052893 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [210] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052904 Yes
Herlocker, D. [S-313] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052913 Yes
Lavranos, J.J. [7276] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052910 Yes
Bunderson, W.T. [18] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605942 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3175] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K002919779 Yes
Peveling [G48] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052896 Yes
Officer, V. [1622] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605944 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8063] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919790 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K.B. [7480] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052872 Yes
Herlocker, D. [S-404] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052912 Yes
Chandhary, S. [3867] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria ovalis K002919775 Yes
West, O. [5052] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605946 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2073] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K002919780 Yes
McLeish, I. [2288] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919788 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15709] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052911 Yes
Boulos, L.; Gifri, A.N.; Hussein, M.A.; Awad, G. [s.n.] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K002919786 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1438] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605953 Yes
Chedeville, E. [2064] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052900 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [9182] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria ovalis K002919773 Yes
Fernandes, J. [436] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919802 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8041] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919791 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8744] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052903 Yes
McLeish, I. [3360] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919787 Yes
Cope, T.A. [593] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919789 Yes
Burger, W. [3371] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052879 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1191] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605949 Yes
Chandhary, S. [7054] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria ovalis K002919776 Yes
Hudleston, J. [5] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052873 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9093B] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919800 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [461] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052874 Yes
Ellis, P.E. [259] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052877 Yes
[illegible] [MS729] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605943 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1446] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605947 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen Brachiaria ovalis K002919785 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9200] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919798 Yes
Fernandes, J. [442] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919801 Yes
Kuchar, P.; Abdi, A. [21040] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052870 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8724] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052886 Yes
Heady, H.F. [1800] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605951 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [1] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052905 Yes
Wood, D. [1351] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605940 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB5681] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605948 Yes
s.coll. [640] Brachiaria ovalis K003050187 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7959/8] Oman Brachiaria ovalis K002919797 Yes
Burger, W. [3300] Ethiopia Brachiaria ovalis K003052878 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [158] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052909 Yes
Chedeville, E. [2057] Djibouti Brachiaria ovalis K003052901 Yes
[illegible] [MS571] Kenya Brachiaria ovalis K003605950 Yes
Thomson, D. Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K000282115 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carter [1962] Sudan Brachiaria ovalis K003052830 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8772] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria ovalis K002919774 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A. [5193] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052895 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4325] Saudi Arabia Brachiaria ovalis K002919778 Yes
Kuchar, P. [15583] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052889 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17167] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052890 Yes
Keogh, R.E. [132] Somalia Brachiaria ovalis K003052897 Yes

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