Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa longiflora (Clayton) Oulo, Zon & Sosef

First published in Blumea 68: 78 (2023)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Kenya. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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 Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [674] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000282109 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [807] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000332911 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2055] Ethiopia Brachiaria longiflora K000628067 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Gillespie, J.B. [124] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000332912 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Moomaw, J.C. [990] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000332909 Yes
Innes, R.R. [872] Somalia Brachiaria longiflora K000628068 Yes
Allan, J.G. [133] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000332910 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedren, M.; Dahir, A.M. [7145] Somalia Brachiaria longiflora K000628069 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6142] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000332908 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [1080] Kenya Brachiaria longiflora K000332913 Yes

Sources

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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