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Taxon:
Urochloa reptans
(L.) Stapf
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Urochloa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
405198
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:601. 1920
Verified:
05/04/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum reptans
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria reptans
(L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
No images
Reference(s)
Catasús Guerra, L. J.
2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Note:
=
Brachiaria reptans
(L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
=
Brachiaria reptans
(L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hitchcock, A. S.
1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Note:
=
Brachiaria reptans
(L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Note:
=
Brachiaria reptans
(L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga.
1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros
Brachiaria
y
Urochloa
(Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:100-101.
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
The Missouri Botanical Garden with others.
A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.tropicos.org/project/mada
Veldkamp, J. F.
1996.
Brachiaria
,
Urochloa
(Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:427-428.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Wagner, W. L. et al.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm
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
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:633-634.
Common names
English
creeping-panic grass –
Reference(s)
running grass –
Reference(s)
sprawling signal grass –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-rasteiro –
Reference(s)
Spanish
San Juan de Castillo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Palau
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Northern Mariana Islands
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
4
Naturalized
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Solomon Islands
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Guam
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Wallis and Futuna Islands
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Belize
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
6
Other
exact native range in Asia obscure
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Pacific
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
Palau
,
United States
[Northern Mariana Islands]
Naturalized
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
PAPUASIA:
Solomon Islands
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Texas]
REGION:
Mexico
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
United States
[Guam]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Other
(exact native range in Asia obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Weed
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
=
Brachiaria reptans
(L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
Name
References