Urochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jawa, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Society Is., Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Brachiaria brizantha (A.Rich.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 531 (1919)
- Panicum brizanthum A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 363 (1850)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Brachiaria brizantha var. angustifolia Stent & J.M.Rattray in Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 23 (1933)
- Brachiaria brizantha var. ciliata Basappa & Muniy. in Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 49: 379 (1983)
- Brachiaria gangangalaensis Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 664 (1925)
- Brachiaria manzonzoensis Vanderyst in Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 10: 243 (1919), nom. provis.
- Panicum brizanthum var. lasiochloa Chiov. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 65 (1919)
- Panicum brizanthum var. latifolium Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 170 (1875)
- Panicum brizanthum var. pandanifolium Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 31 (1930)
- Panicum brizanthum var. polystachyum De Wild. & T.Durand in Pl. Thonn. Congol.: 3 (1900)
- Urochloa brizantha var. ciliata (Basappa & Muniy.) S.K.Jain in Phytotaxonomy 3: 135 (2003)
Publications
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Brachiaria brizantha.]
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
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- George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
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- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- 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.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
- Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
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- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
- 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.
- Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 1998 | Nascimento, M.S.B. [1398], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078377 | Yes | |
Oct 1, 1926 | Vanderyst, H. [500050005000], Zaïre | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282146 | Yes | |
Mori, S.A. [10560], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003859 | No | ||
Santos, T.S. [3427], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003856 | Yes | ||
Santos, T.S. [3865], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003860 | No | ||
Grupo Pedra do Cavalo [709], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003857 | No | ||
Calderon, C.E. [2225], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003858 | No | ||
Calderon, C.E. [2225], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003855 | No | ||
Noblick, L.R. [2626], Bahia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000003854 | No | ||
Graham [3937], Zimbabwe | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282058 | Yes | ||
Eyles, F. [1921], Zimbabwe | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282057 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Eyles, F. [1921], Zimbabwe | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282056 | Yes | ||
Vanderyst, H. [3674], Zaire | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282147 | Yes | ||
Speke, Uganda | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282129 | holotype | Yes | |
Schimper [89], Ethiopia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282128 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Schimper [89], Ethiopia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282126 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Schimper [89], Ethiopia | Brachiaria brizantha | K000282127 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Brunt, M.A. [939], Cameroon | Brachiaria brizantha | K000182466 | No | ||
Heringer, E.P. [1756], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078376 | Yes | ||
Ornellas, S.O.A. [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078378 | Yes | ||
Lowe, J. [4206], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078380 | Yes | ||
Dombrowski, L.T.D. [7389], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078379 | Yes | ||
Silva, N.T. da [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078384 | Yes | ||
Brunt, M.A. [1010], Cameroon | Brachiaria brizantha | K000182464 | No | ||
s.coll. [2006], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078385 | Yes | ||
Simões, R.S. [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078381 | Yes | ||
Hatschbach, G.G. [48984], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078382 | Yes | ||
Heringer, E.P. [2077], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078375 | Yes | ||
Silva, N.T. da [s.n.], Brazil | Brachiaria brizantha | K001078383 | Yes |
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