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Taxon:  Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T. Q. Nguyen



Summary
Genus:
Urochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
401380
Place of publication:
Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3:13. 1966
Verified:
03/06/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum muticum Forssk.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum barbinode Trin.
Panicum purpurascens Raddi
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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. Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163. Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
  3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  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. Harden, G. J., ed. 1990-1993. Flora of New South Wales.
  8. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
  9. Howell, C. J. & J. W. D. Sawyer. 2006. New Zealand naturalised vascular plant checklist URL: http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/publications/Naturalised-list-06-new.pdf
  10. 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
  11. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  12. Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:88.
  13. Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:70.
  14. 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
  15. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. URL: http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
  16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  17. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:64-65. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
  18. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:424-425. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
  19. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
  20. Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource). URL: http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm
  21. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
  22. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
Common names
English
buffalo grass –
Dutch grass –
giant couch –
Mauritius grass –
Para grass –
Scotch grass –
Scottish grass –
French
herbe de Para –
German
Paragras –
Japanese Rōmaji
para-gurasu –
Spanish
hierba de Pará –
paraná –
pasto Pará –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificUnited StatesAmerican Samoa 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador incl. Galapagos Is.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
6Other    probable origin tropical Africa
Cultivated
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico, United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Marshall Islands, United States [Guam]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, United States [American Samoa]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador (incl. Galapagos Is.), Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Other (probable origin tropical Africa)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodderas Brachiaria mutica't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:64-65. URL: http://proseanet.org
Animal foodforageas Brachiaria mutica't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:64-65. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalerosion controlas Brachiaria mutica't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:64-65. URL: http://proseanet.org
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed as Brachiaria mutica't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:64-65. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
Weed as Brachiaria muticaCIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope


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