Urochloa plantaginea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Urochloa
Species: Urochloa plantaginea

Name

Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R.D.Webster, 1988

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 212 (1909)
    • Panicum plantagineum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 206 (1827)
  • Heterotypic
    • Panicum disciferum E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 19 (1886)
    • Panicum distans Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61 (1853), nom. illeg.
    • Panicum leandrii Trin., Sp. Gram. 3: t. 335 (1835)
    • Urochloa discifera (E.Fourn.) Morrone & Zuloaga, Darwiniana 32: 65 (1993)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern SouthaAmerica
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Line Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Panamá, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • 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

Vernacular names

English: plantain signalgrass
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