Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa arrecta (Hack. ex T.Durand & Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga

First published in Darwiniana 31: 69 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial or helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as animal food and a poison.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Florida, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201903831. epublication.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.

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 arrecta.]

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

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm126.2019.1379. epublication.
  • (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201903831. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 13, 2009 Solano, D. [2285] Costa Rica K001905579 No
Galan, P.; Rodriguez, D.; Villacorta, A. [4508] El Salvador K001532164 No
Meyers, J.G. [6896] Sudan Brachiaria arrecta K003052739 Yes
Sturgeon, K.E. [SRGH27927] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606673 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1391] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606655 Yes
Smith, P.A. [535] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606662 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [346] Congo, Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052349 Yes
Ornellas, S.O.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102398 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [27/61] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606669 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5561] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606647 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1412] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606650 Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K000282183 Type Yes
Smook, L. [5553] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742834 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102399 Yes
Lebrun, J. [579] Congo, Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052345 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5520] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606648 Yes
Kamulikuizi, R.; Lavier-George, G.; Michelmore, A.P.G. [1375] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052366 Yes
Crawford, R. [s.n.] United States Brachiaria arrecta K003743358 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [5182a] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052343 Yes
Fiennes, R.N. [155a] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052365 Yes
Crook, A.O. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606674 Yes
Namaganda, M. [742] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052361 Yes
Ornellas, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102396 Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K000282184 Isosyntype Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [17870] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742836 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Ramia, M.; Ortiz, R.; Huber, O. [4397] Venezuela Brachiaria arrecta K003743992 No
Queiroz, L.P.; Fraga, V.L.; Morbeck, E. [3306] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K000003862 Yes
Obeng-Darko, K. [5569] Ghana Brachiaria arrecta K003051753 Yes
Harker, K.W. [727] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K000282137 Type Yes
Fowler, J. [105] Guyana Brachiaria arrecta K003743879 No
Swinch, F. [s.n.] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742830 Yes
Ward, J.F. [0058] Nigeria Brachiaria arrecta K003051760 Yes
Silva, R.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102395 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, W.J. [E5290] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052367 Yes
Boutique, R. [90] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052346 Yes
[D. Groene] [s.n.] French Guiana Brachiaria arrecta K003743877 No
s.coll. [36] Nigeria Brachiaria arrecta K003051759 Yes
Heery, S. [4] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003606653 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5521] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606649 Yes
Champluvier, D. [5179] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052340 Yes
Jackson, G. [1077] Malawi Brachiaria arrecta K003606667 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1989] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606656 Yes
Ward, C.J. [7746] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742832 Yes
Kirk Malawi Brachiaria arrecta K000282075 Holotype Yes
Harrison, M.N. [1029] Sudan Brachiaria arrecta K003052737 Yes
Devred, R. [1177] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052348 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3353] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003052360 Yes
Ornellas, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102402 Yes
Meyers, J.G. [6896] Sudan Brachiaria arrecta K003052738 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [334] Nigeria Brachiaria arrecta K003051757 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12650] Cameroon Brachiaria arrecta K003052350 Yes
Gerald, V. [s.n.] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052357 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12037] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052353 Yes
Heery, S. [31] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606651 Yes
Bezuidenhout, B. [75] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606670 Yes
[B. Froman] [3357] Ethiopia Brachiaria arrecta K003052741 Yes
Goene, D. [s.n.] French Guiana Brachiaria arrecta K003743881 No
Matthes, H. [9] Mali Brachiaria arrecta K003051754 Yes
Ornellas, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102403 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2837] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606660 Yes
Ornellas, S.O.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102397 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102400 Yes
West, O. [3458] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606665 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [5782] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052342 Yes
s.coll. [I538] Rwanda Brachiaria arrecta K003052338 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102401 Yes
Vesey-Fitz Gerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052352 Yes
s.coll. [1655] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052363 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [N118] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742829 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [965] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052364 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [962] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606652 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1400] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052370 Yes
Zeyher South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K000282185 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simon, B.K. [2311] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606671 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2214] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052356 Yes
Bona Nascimento, M.S. [1242] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102406 Yes
Ornellas, S.O.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102407 Yes
Ward, C.J. [5343] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742833 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1883] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606663 Yes
[N. F. Fahunle]; [J. N. Russell] [FHI14969] Nigeria Brachiaria arrecta K003051758 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3874] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052362 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052344 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1965] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606658 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5587] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606646 Yes
Vanderyst, H. [5182] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052341 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2645] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606661 Yes
Ornellas, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102405 Yes
Kenyon Thompson, C. [SRGH27912] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606672 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [20172] Ghana Brachiaria arrecta K003051755 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4129] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052369 Yes
Barter [1045] Niger Brachiaria arrecta K003051756 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7366] Sudan Brachiaria arrecta K003052736 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] French Guiana Brachiaria arrecta K003743878 No
Sillitoe, F. [s.n.] Sudan Brachiaria arrecta K003052740 Yes
Groene, D. [1993] French Guiana Brachiaria arrecta K003743880 No
Staples, R.R. [343] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052354 Yes
Bond, J.S. [213] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052355 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2144] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052351 Yes
Shabani, R. [40] Tanzania Brachiaria arrecta K003052358 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Williams, C.H. [9859] Malawi Brachiaria arrecta K003606666 Yes
Archibald, E.E.A. [5067] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742835 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3000] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606659 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4659] Kenya Brachiaria arrecta K003052359 Yes
Van der Ben [2314] Rwanda Brachiaria arrecta K003052337 Yes
Devred, R. [182] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria arrecta K003052347 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3809] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606664 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8I09] Burundi Brachiaria arrecta K003052339 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Brachiaria arrecta K001102404 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [943] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052371 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1979] Botswana Brachiaria arrecta K003606657 Yes
Rattray, J.M. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Brachiaria arrecta K003606668 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [TH3834] Uganda Brachiaria arrecta K003052368 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [686] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K000282186 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ward, C.J. [2066] South Africa Brachiaria arrecta K003742831 Yes
Estrada, A.; Chacon, R.; Gonzalez, J.; Otros [2996] Costa Rica Brachiaria arrecta K003743477 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2809] Zambia Brachiaria arrecta K003606654 Yes

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