Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 589 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, W. Madagascar. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northwest, Brazil Northeast, Christmas I., Ghana, India, Mexico Northeast, Myanmar, Northern Territory, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Solomon Is., Texas, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.15553/c2022v772a7. epublication.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 891.
  • in F.T.A. 9: 589 (1920)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 43 (1958).
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 444 (1932).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 440 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 70 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 555 (1956).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 589 (1920).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [258] Eritrea K000281981 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1977 Hitchcock, A.S. Kenya K000281986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adam, J.G. [12.396] Senegal K001639447 Yes
Kotschy [74] Sudan K000281979 Type Yes
Kotschy [74] Sudan K000281980 Isotype Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [651] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925397 No
McCallum Webster, M. [N468] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925418 No
Fry, C. [9007] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744400 No
Pienaar, J.N. [259] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925413 No
White, C.T. [8812] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744399 No
Theron, G.K. [2749] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925412 No
v. der Schijff, H.P. [1537] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925400 No
Moll, E.J. [4820] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925415 No
Schlieben, H.J. [9345] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925387 No
RJC/LC [Rhod. 208] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K001612062 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S [9879] Zambia Urochloa mosambicensis K001581986 Yes
RJC; LC [Rhod. 208] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K001612063 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21792] Thailand Urochloa mosambicensis K000688114 No
Pooley, E.S. [1121] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925414 No
Scheepers, J.C. [829] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925388 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [462] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925390 No
RJC/LC [Rhod. 208] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K001612067 Yes
Schweickerdt; Verdoorn [483] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925404 No
de Winter, B. [755] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925399 No
Pollock, N.A.R. [8] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744395 No
Davidse, G.; Ellis, R. [5895] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925407 No
Edwards, D. [3246] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925416 No
Hubbard, C.E. [8611] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744397 No
Vorster, P. [2778] Namibia Urochloa mosambicensis K003925380 No
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [5228] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925382 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [688] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925381 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [534] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925383 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3184] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925405 No
Buitendag, E. [1053] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925394 No
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [M[OR]610] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925421 No
Merrett, L. [2268] Zambia Urochloa mosambicensis K001614468 Yes
RJC/ LC [208] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K001612037 Yes
RJC/LC [Rhod. 208] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K001612066 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [462] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925401 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8758] Zambia Urochloa mosambicensis K001581994 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [303] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925403 No
Scheepers, J.C. [177] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925389 No
Wallich [8723] Burma Urochloa mosambicensis K000958826 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ellis, R.P. [407] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925411 No
[C. J. White] [8859] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744396 No
Schlieben, H.J. [7488] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925384 No
Clarkson, J.R. [9376] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744389 No
Stent, S.M. [5547] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K000281997 Type Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [14391] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925392 No
Buchanan [218] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925420 No
de Carvalho Mozambique Urochloa mosambicensis K000281991 Isotype Yes
Loch, D. [CP160128A] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744388 No
Powell, D.A.; H'ng Kim Chey [s.n.] Christmas Island Urochloa mosambicensis K003744368 No
de Winter, B. [698] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925396 No
McCallum Webster, M. [K234] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925419 No
Stent, S.M. [3669] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K000281996 Isosyntype Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3789] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925393 No
Huntley, B.J. [181[4]] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925410 No
Codd, L.E. [5345] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925398 No
MacKenzie, W.A. [s.n.] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744394 No
Henderson, R.J. [H1637] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744392 No
Powell, D.A. [503] Christmas Island Urochloa mosambicensis K003744369 No
Simon, B.K.; Clarkson, J.R.; Staples, I.B. [2714] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744401 No
Simon, B.K. [3877] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744402 No
I.B.P.E. [394] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925379 No
Ward, C.J. [1896] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925417 No
Nascimento, M.S. [1020] Brazil Urochloa mosambicensis K001102383 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [726] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925391 No
Buitendag, E. [805] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925386 No
White, C.T. [9928] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744393 No
Lazarides, M. [6802] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744403 No
Blake, S.T. [23157] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744391 No
[J. Acocks] [8868] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925409 No
Wallich [8723] Burma Urochloa mosambicensis K000958827 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rattray, J.M. [500] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K000281994 Isosyntype Yes
Rattray, J.M. [500] Zimbabwe Urochloa mosambicensis K000281995 Isosyntype Yes
White, C.T. [9741] Australia Urochloa mosambicensis K003744398 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [646] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925385 No
Nascimento, M.S.B. [1018] Brazil Urochloa mosambicensis K001102384 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [534] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925408 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [688] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925395 No
[J. A. der Plessis] [s.n.] South Africa Urochloa mosambicensis K003925406 No

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