Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard

First published in Blumea 4: 502 (1941)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

India

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 27, 2008 Crawford, F. [89] Namibia K000450372 No
West, O. [2633] Zimbabwe K003925204 No
Lawton, R.M. [1364] Zambia K003925187 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K003925192 No
Goldsmith, B. [18867] Zimbabwe K003925211 No
Eyles, F. [1634] Zimbabwe K000281998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robinson, D.A. [161] Zimbabwe K003925215 No
Davies, R.M. [D297] Zimbabwe K003925203 No
Biegel, H.M. [1802] Zimbabwe K003925216 No
Davies, R.M. [D69] Zimbabwe K003925202 No
Astle, W.L. [2820] Zambia K003925194 No
Newton; Juliassi [21] Zimbabwe K003925217 No
Goldsmith, B. [25/56] Zimbabwe K003925220 No
Robinson, E.A. [503] Zambia K003925188 No
Trapnell, C.G. [752] Zimbabwe K003925207 No
Rattray, J.M. [1749] Zimbabwe K003925212 No
Trapwell, C.G. [998] Zambia K003925190 No
White, F. [6999] Zambia K003925191 No
Astle, W.L. [2098] Zambia K003925195 No
Chipunga, L. [[G11]] Zimbabwe K003925198 No
s.coll. [3323] Zimbabwe K003925205 No
Astle, W.L. [1470] Zambia K003925189 No
Kelly, R.D. [500] Zimbabwe K003925214 No
Rattray, J.M. [1581] Zimbabwe K003925201 No
Murray, E.E. [22688] Zimbabwe K003925199 No
Brain, C.K. [3893] Zimbabwe K003925197 No
Brain, C.K. [933] Zimbabwe K003925206 No
Chiparawasha, O. [316] Zimbabwe K003925210 No
Peek, J.R. [116/78] Zimbabwe K003925218 No
Mukwende, C. [281395] Zimbabwe K003925213 No
White, F. [6585] Zambia K003925193 No
s.coll. [3371] Zimbabwe K003925208 No
Rattray, J.M. [499] Zimbabwe K003925200 No
West, O. [7414] Zimbabwe K003925219 No
Robson, N.K.B.; Angus [1020] Zambia K003925196 No
Cleghorn, W.B. [1368] Zimbabwe K003925209 No
Bingham, M.G. [10819] Zambia K003925186 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0