Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa comorense (Mez) Oulo, Zon & Sosef

First published in Blumea 68: 76 (2023)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Eswatini, Comoros, Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • 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?
Chase, N.C. [7658] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003393000 Yes
B. Mhoro [1029] Tanzania Panicum comorense K003391101 Yes
Bowbrick, J.M. [JW10B] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003393004 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10022] Zambia Panicum comorense K003393009 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [6231] Tanzania Panicum comorense K000282484 Isotype Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [6231] Tanzania Panicum comorense K000282483 Type Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [6231] Tanzania Panicum comorense K000282485 Isotype Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1903] Ethiopia Panicum comorense K003209661 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3659] Tanzania Panicum comorense K003391103 Yes
Chase, N.C. [4426] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003392999 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1521] Uganda Panicum comorense K003391097 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [943] Uganda Panicum comorense K003391098 Yes
Mhoro, B. [1029] Tanzania Panicum comorense K003391099 Yes
Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Besnard, G.; Razanantsoa, J.; Onjalalaina, G.E. [193] Madagascar Panicum comorense K003393291 Yes
Newbould, J.; Harley, R.M. [4490] Tanzania Panicum comorense K003391102 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7658] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003392998 Yes
Schweicherdt, H.G. [2357] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003393005 Yes
Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Besnard, G.; Razanantsoa, J.; Onjalalaina, G.E. [193] Madagascar Panicum comorense K003393290 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5321] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003393002 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Desissa, D.; Shigulte, K. [7288] Ethiopia Panicum comorense K003209662 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [11583] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003393003 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9658] Sudan Panicum comorense K003209660 Yes
Myre, M.; Balsinhas, A. [682] Mozambique Panicum comorense K003393001 Yes
s.coll. [487] Malawi Panicum comorense K003393006 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [551] Sudan Panicum comorense K003209659 Yes
Jackson, G. [1683] Malawi Panicum comorense K003393008 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [938] Zambia Panicum comorense K003393010 Yes
Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Razanantsoa, J.; Onjalalaina, G.E.; Rabarivola, M.L. [230] Madagascar Panicum comorense K003393289 Yes
Gereau, R. [1232] Ethiopia Panicum comorense K003209663 Yes
Wingfield; Mhoro; Mwangoma [3915] Tanzania Panicum comorense K003391100 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2651] Malawi Panicum comorense K003393007 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th. 1590] Uganda Panicum comorense K000282482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th742] Uganda Panicum comorense K003391096 Yes
Apr 21, 2014 Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Besnard, G.; Razanatsoa, J.; Onjalalaina, G.E. [193] Madagascar Brachiaria comorensis K:SPC-78657.000 No

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