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Taxon:  Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. D. Webster



Summary
Genus:
Urochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
401368
Place of publication:
Austral. Paniceae 234. 1987
Verified:
03/06/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
60 (60  active, 16  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Brachiaria decumbens Stapf

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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). URL: http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
  2. Cameron, A. G. et al. 1995. Performance of forages introduced into Kalimantan, Indonesia, by the South-East Asian Forage Seeds Project. Genet. Res. Commun. 21:2.
  3. Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163. Note: = Braciaria decumbens Stapf
  4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  5. Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
  6. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
  7. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75 Note: = Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  9. Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:72.
  10. Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:65.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  12. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. URL: http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Ribera, J. L. R. de la et al. 2009. Caracterización nutritiva de las especies Brachiaria decumbens e híbrido en un suelo fluvisol de Cuba. Livestock Res. Rural Developm. 21(2):1-23. URL: http://www.lrrd.org
  15. Sosef, M. S. M. 2016. Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 1. Pl. Ecol. Evol. 149:360-361. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2016.1221.
  16. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:58-59. URL: http://proseanet.org
  17. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:413-437. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Note: cites basionym; = Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster
  18. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:630.
Common names
English
Basilisk signal grass –
signal grass –
Surinam grass –
German
Surinamgras –
Portuguese
braquiária –
Spanish
pasto alambre –
zacate Surinam –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
Cultivated
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
Naturalized
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagefide Darwiniana 31:73. 1992Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:72.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia


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