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Taxon:
Urochloa ramosa
(L.) T. Q. Nguyen
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Urochloa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
401370
Place of publication:
Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3:13. 1966
Verified:
03/06/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum ramosum
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria ramosa
(L.) Stapf
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Reference(s)
Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp.
1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press.
Note:
=
Brachiaria ramosa
(L.) Stapf
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Kimata, M. et al.
2000. Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets,
Brachiaria ramosa
and
Setaria glauca
, Poaceae in South India. Econ. Bot. 54:217-227.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Note:
=
Brachiaria ramosa
(L.) Stapf
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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
Randall, R. P.
2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
URL:
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
Veldkamp, J. F.
1996.
Brachiaria
,
Urochloa
(Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:427.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia.
2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 49:139-247.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Note:
=
Brachiaria ramosa
(L.) Stapf
Zon, A. P. M. van der.
1992. Graminées du Cameroun
Note:
lists as
Urochloa ramosa
(L.) R. D. Webster; =
Brachiaria ramosa
(L.) Stapf
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:633.
Common names
English
browntop millet –
Reference(s)
Italian
panico ramoso –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
ke-niku-kibi –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Gambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea-Bissau
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mauritania
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
s.e.
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gambia
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Mali
,
Mauritania
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
CHINA:
China
[Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Malaysia
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Naturalized
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
,
United States
(s.e.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp.
1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press.
Note:
=
Brachiaria ramosa
(L.) Stapf
Animal food
forage
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human food
cereal
as
Brachiaria ramosa
Kimata, M. et al.
2000. Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets,
Brachiaria ramosa
and
Setaria glauca
, Poaceae in South India. Econ. Bot. 54:217-227.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Weed
as
Brachiaria ramosa
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Name
References