Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa mollis (Sw.) Morrone & Zuloaga

First published in Darwiniana 31: 85 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Hawaii, New Caledonia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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 mollis.]

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • 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. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2014 Fonseca, M.R.; Guedes, M.L.; Jesus, J.N.; Cavalcanti, G. [1311] Brazil K001059342 Yes
Rivera, J. [JRR00340] El Salvador K001925649 No
Hinton, G.B. [3942] Mexico K000476053 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9283] Mexico K000476052 Yes
Teodoro Stuckert [s.n.] Panicum velutinosum K003377896 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Ramia, M.; Ortiz, R. [4299] Venezuela Brachiaria mollis K003744124 No
Arnoldo, F. [402] Puerto Rico Brachiaria mollis K003744113 No
Laegaard, S.; Øllgaard, B.; Lozano, P.; Jelnes, I. [18564] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744129 No
Dutra, E.A. [5] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K001102387 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4049] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744114 No
Abraham [351] Guyana Brachiaria mollis K003743937 No
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70713] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744126 No
s.coll. [2418] Mexico Brachiaria mollis K003743602 Yes
Harris, W.M. [11504] Jamaica Brachiaria mollis K003743817 No
Schomburgk [684] Guyana Brachiaria mollis K003743938 No
Staples, G.; Pope, B. [1153] United States Brachiaria mollis K003051531 Yes
Pohl, R.W. [12772] El Salvador Brachiaria mollis K003743607 Yes
Bona Nascimento, M.S. [1021] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003839 Yes
[J. Hoock] [489] French Guiana Brachiaria mollis K003743934 No
Ekman, E.L. [14953] Cuba Brachiaria mollis K003743819 No
Swallen, J.R. [3354] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K001102388 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Laegaard, S. [4942] Peru Brachiaria mollis K003744132 No
Smith, H.H. [209] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744122 No
Gardner [1876] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003833 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4014] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744118 No
Bona Nascimento, M.S. [552] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003840 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10574] Costa Rica Brachiaria mollis K003743608 Yes
Glaziou [15613] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K001102389 Yes
Rosengurtt [5818] Paraguay Brachiaria mollis K003743941 No
Hernández, D.; Rodríguez, R.L. [880609] Brachiaria mollis K003743605 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1601] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K001102390 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3820] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744117 No
Nascimento, M.S.B. [1420] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K001102386 Yes
Standley, P.C. [74178] Guatemala Brachiaria mollis K003743612 Yes
Bona Nascimento, M.S. [423] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003838 Yes
Hoock, J. [127] French Guiana Brachiaria mollis K003743936 No
Laegaard, S.; Bonifaz, C.; Cornejo, X. [19656] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744128 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Panama Brachiaria mollis K003744112 No
Lehmannianae, F.C. [8739] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744120 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744121 No
Laegaard, S. [19820] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744131 No
Laegaard, S. [102443] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744127 No
Wood, J.R.I. [4051] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744116 No
Zarucchi, J.L.; Brant, A.E.; Castano, C.J. [5490] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744115 No
Rosengurtt [B-5818] Paraguay Brachiaria mollis K003743942 No
Laegaard, S.; Oleas, N.; Sanchez, A. [19908] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744130 No
Munro, W. [1109] Colombia Brachiaria mollis K003744119 No
Hassler, E. [2668] Paraguay Brachiaria mollis K003743943 No
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica Brachiaria mollis K003743599 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H971] Haiti Brachiaria mollis K003743821 No
Luetzelburg [27095] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003836 Yes
Aparicio, R.; Rivera, R. [16] El Salvador Brachiaria mollis K003743604 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [88930] Venezuela Brachiaria mollis K003744111 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Mexico Brachiaria mollis K003743601 Yes
Zuloaga, F.; Ramia, M.; Ortiz, R. [4361] Venezuela Brachiaria mollis K003744123 No
Hoock-Cayenne, J. [s.n.] French Guiana Brachiaria mollis K003743935 No
Ekman, E.L. [H6650] Haiti Brachiaria mollis K003743822 No
Rafael, A.; Ocampo, S. [2154] Costa Rica Brachiaria mollis K003743606 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [4294] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003835 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Simmons, C.; Jacobs-Brouwer, A.; James, V. [4444] Guyana Brachiaria mollis K003743939 No
Pohl, R.W.; Gabel, M. [13601] El Salvador Brachiaria mollis K003743611 Yes
Balansa, B. [[99]] Paraguay Brachiaria mollis K003743944 No
Howell, J.T. [10255] Nicaragua Brachiaria mollis K003743613 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Jamaica Brachiaria mollis K003743815 No
Swallen, J.R. [2658] Mexico Brachiaria mollis K003743603 Yes
Gardner [2361] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003832 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11360] Costa Rica Brachiaria mollis K003743609 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H6650] Haiti Brachiaria mollis K003743820 No
Harris, W.M. [11483] Jamaica Brachiaria mollis K003743818 No
Gardner [2353] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003834 Yes
Rosengurtt [B-5497] Paraguay Brachiaria mollis K003743940 No
Reyes de los Santos, E. [256] Mexico Brachiaria mollis K003743600 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Brachiaria mollis K003744125 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11878] El Salvador Brachiaria mollis K003743610 Yes
Bona Nascimento, M.S. [1022] Brazil Brachiaria mollis K000003837 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica Brachiaria mollis K003743816 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

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    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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