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Taxon:
Urochloa deflexa
(Schumach.) H. Scholz
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Urochloa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
401374
Place of publication:
Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 11:443. 1990 ("1989")
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 deflexum
Schumach.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria deflexa
(Schumach.) C. E. Hubb. ex Robyns
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Reference(s)
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
=
Brachiaria deflexa
(Schumach.) C. E. Hubb. ex Robyns
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
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
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Note:
=
Brachiaria deflexa
(Schumach.) C. E. Hubb. ex Robyns
Common names
English
false signal grass –
Reference(s)
Guinea millet –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
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
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Burkina Faso
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Gambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea-Bissau
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
n.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
(n.)
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Burkina Faso
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Gambia
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
[KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Pakistan
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
potential as cereal
as
Brachiaria deflexa
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Weed
as
Brachiaria deflexa
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
=
Brachiaria deflexa
(Schumach.) C. E. Hubb. ex Robyns
Name
References