Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa chusqueoides (Hack.) Rudov

First published in Front. Plant Sci. 11-546518: 30 (2020)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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 Rehmann [8648] South Africa Brachiaria chusqueoides K000281964 Type Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2795] Yemen Brachiaria chusqueoides K002919764 Yes
de Koning, J. [7909] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607078 Yes
Graham, A.D. [41] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605844 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR434] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605846 Yes
[H. G. Weweishustr] [1899] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607068 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2046] Yemen Brachiaria chusqueoides K002919763 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K.B. [7697] Ethiopia Brachiaria chusqueoides K003052805 Yes
Luke; Robertson [2193] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605847 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27107] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607075 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1809] Tanzania Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605840 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29479] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607071 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29422] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607076 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [770] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605845 Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria chusqueoides K000281965 Unknown Type Material Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa; Myre, M.; de Carvalho, M.F. [397] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607073 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28493] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607077 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27263] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607070 Yes
Crook, A.O. [884] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607072 Yes
Torre, A.R. [6720] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607074 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [260] Mozambique Brachiaria chusqueoides K003607069 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13143] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605842 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [303] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605841 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR576] Kenya Brachiaria chusqueoides K003605843 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • 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