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Taxon:  Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy



Summary
Genus:
Urochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
40913
Place of publication:
J. Bot. 69:54. 1931
Verified:
03/07/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
88 (88  active, 62  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum mosambicense Hack.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Urochloa pullulans Stapf

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria stolonifera Gooss.
Urochloa rhodesiensis Stent
Urochloa stolonifera (Gooss.) Chippind.
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. CSIRO Cunningham Lab. 1996. Urochloa mosambicensis soon to be released for minesite rehabilitation. ATFGRC Newslett. 7:4.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Urochloa+mosambicensis&quantity=1
  7. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  8. 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
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  10. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  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. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:230. URL: http://proseanet.org
  13. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  15. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:423-424. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
  16. Wipff, J. K. et al. 1993. The genus Urochloa (Poaceae: Paniceae) in Texas, including one previously unreported species for the state. Sida 15:409. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
  17. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:632.
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Common names
English
herringbone grass –
sabi grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Provincee.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province (e.), Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: United States [Puerto Rico]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:230. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalerosion control CSIRO Cunningham Lab. 1996. Urochloa mosambicensis soon to be released for minesite rehabilitation. ATFGRC Newslett. 7:4.
Environmentalrevegetator CSIRO Cunningham Lab. 1996. Urochloa mosambicensis soon to be released for minesite rehabilitation. ATFGRC Newslett. 7:4.


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