Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa serrifolia (Hochst.) Zon

First published in Blumea 64: 215 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Niger to Eritrea and Zimbabwe. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K. [2855] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K003053822 Yes
Hitchcock, A.E. [24680] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606170 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6817A] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606165 Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan Brachiaria serrifolia K003053820 Yes
Leuthold, W. [52] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606166 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8705] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K003053823 Yes
Gaston, A. [818] Chad Brachiaria serrifolia K003052542 Yes
Leippert [5857] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606177 Yes
Haarer, A. [1262] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606187 Yes
Haarer, A. [1288] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606186 Yes
Leippert [6265] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606182 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2403] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606169 Yes
Wilson, J. [19] Uganda Brachiaria serrifolia K003606156 Yes
Steudner [s.n.] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K003053826 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4548] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606168 Yes
Schimper [2171] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K000282206 Isotype Yes
Schimper, W.P. [1082] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K003053824 Yes
de S. Disney, H.J. [32] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606178 Yes
Greenway [2141] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606173 Yes
Eichinger [3395] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606172 Yes
Newman, J.L. [130] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606176 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs); Richards, M. [21215] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606179 Yes
s.coll. [3008A] Sudan Brachiaria serrifolia K003053821 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2038] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606185 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1453] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606160 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1788] Uganda Brachiaria serrifolia K003606155 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14153] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606180 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4200] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606161 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1712] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606162 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W. [71/512] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606157 Yes
Newman, J.L. [130] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606174 Yes
Mwamba, H.R. [28] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606184 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14107] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606181 Yes
Blair, I.J. [131] Sudan Brachiaria serrifolia K003053818 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [216] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606171 Yes
Blair, I.J. [152] Sudan Brachiaria serrifolia K003053819 No
Gillett, J.B. [18608] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606164 Yes
Procter, J. [3225] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606189 Yes
Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [s.n.] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606158 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3916] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606159 Yes
Crook, A.O. [830] Zimbabwe Brachiaria serrifolia K003607254 Yes
Schimper, W.P. [s.n.] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K003053827 Yes
Luke; Robertson [2176] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606163 Yes
Mwamba, H.R. [22] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606175 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [1307] Zimbabwe Brachiaria serrifolia K003607255 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4912] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606188 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [21318] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606190 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2055A] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K003053825 Yes
[Pupe de Fatregns] [379] Niger Brachiaria serrifolia K003052073 Yes
Schimper [63] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrifolia K000282207 Unknown Type Material Yes
R.W.S. [364] Brachiaria serrifolia K003051020 Yes
Verdcourt [3868] Kenya Brachiaria serrifolia K003606167 Yes
s.coll. [EA15865] Tanzania Brachiaria serrifolia K003606183 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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