Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa distachyos (L.) T.Q.Nguyen

First published in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 13 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Arabian Peninsula to W. Pacific. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Benin, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Southwest Caribbean, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre

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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Brachiaria distachya.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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  • 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.
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  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 16, 2021 Hosaka, E.Y. [2341] United States K001614801 No
Apr 1, 1978 Davies, R.M. [9726] Tanzania Brachiaria subquadripara K000496677 Yes
Apr 1, 1978 Allan, J.G. [s.n.] Kenya Brachiaria subquadripara K000496676 Yes
Apr 1, 1978 Bogdan, A. [3333] Kenya Brachiaria subquadripara K000496675 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [259] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051425 Yes
Oppenheimer, H. [H100013] United States Brachiaria subquadripara K003051442 Yes
Flynn, T.; Lorence, D.H.; Asquith, A. [6164] United States Brachiaria subquadripara K003051443 Yes
Greenwood, W. [93] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051424 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4489] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688071 No
Whistler, W.A. [W1927] Samoa Brachiaria subquadripara K003051432 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [3692] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688070 No
Tothill, J.D. [224] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051415 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [12232] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051396 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1997] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688069 No
Heckman, C.W. [121] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688064 No
Heckman, C.W. [120] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688063 No
Soakai, E. [767] Tonga Brachiaria subquadripara K003051437 Yes
Sykes, W.R. [3352/CI] Cook Islands Brachiaria subquadripara K003051441 Yes
Waibuta, L.V. [SP27(W/27)] Vanuatu Brachiaria subquadripara K003051386 Yes
Parham, J.W. [10345] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051402 Yes
Schmid, M. [3196] Vanuatu Brachiaria subquadripara K003051385 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12939] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620996 No
Blake, S.T. [87] Australia Brachiaria subquadripara K000958898 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mac Quillan, M.J. [s.n.] Solomon Islands Brachiaria subquadripara K003051384 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3808] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620993 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [3808] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620994 No
Mckee, H.S. [11497] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051398 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [253] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051418 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [35414] Guam Brachiaria subquadripara K003051444 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Stoddart, D.R. [54884] Kiribati Brachiaria subquadripara K003051430 Yes
Larsen, K.; Smitinand, T.; Warncke, E. [1290] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688068 No
Smith, A.C. [8097] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051401 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21699] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688060 No
Soakai, E. [816] Tonga Brachiaria subquadripara K003051438 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15658] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620997 No
Sykes, W.R. [263/CI] Cook Islands Brachiaria subquadripara K003051440 Yes
Put [2625] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620998 No
Paine, R.W. [174] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051419 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [275] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051412 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [259] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051420 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [33131] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051391 Yes
Larsen, K. [9622] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688067 No
Tothill, J.D. [12a] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051414 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W2253] Samoa Brachiaria subquadripara K003051434 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [162] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051426 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [361] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051413 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1051] Tanzania Brachiaria subquadripara K000496679 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [11498] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051399 Yes
Ramos, M. [80769] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050790 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [177] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051410 Yes
Soakai, E. [467] Tonga Brachiaria subquadripara K003051436 Yes
St. John, H. [18088] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051403 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4462] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620995 No
Tothill, J.D. [88] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051416 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7401] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688062 No
Mckee, H.S. [6462] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051400 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1922] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000620992 No
Greenwood, W. [328A] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051423 Yes
Wood, K.R. [5798] United States Brachiaria subquadripara K003051427 Yes
St. John, H. [18977] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051439 Yes
Domin, K. [s.n.] Australia Brachiaria subquadripara K000958897 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turbet, C.R. [36A] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051406 Yes
Laegaard, S. [21612] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688072 No
Turbet, C.R. [43] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051407 Yes
Greenwood, W. [932] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051422 Yes
Larsen, K. [8004] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688066 No
Cabalion, P. [2048] Vanuatu Brachiaria subquadripara K003051388 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [3350] Uganda Brachiaria subquadripara K000496674 Yes
Heckman, C.W. [126] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688065 No
Tothill, J.D. [165] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051417 Yes
Kajewski, S.F. [278] Vanuatu Brachiaria subquadripara K003051387 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [40612] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051389 Yes
s.coll. [19] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051395 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [29986] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051393 Yes
Loher, A. [1737] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050794 Yes
Merill, E.D. [s.n.] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050793 Yes
Merill, E.D. [352] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050788 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Brachiaria subquadripara K000496680 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [293] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051421 Yes
St. John, H. [18088] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051404 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [24795] Northern Mariana Islands Brachiaria subquadripara K003051445 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [29829] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051392 Yes
s.coll. [K] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051408 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [33572] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051390 Yes
Laegaard, S. [21746] Thailand Brachiaria subquadripara K000688061 No
Foale, M.A.; Canton [9] Kiribati Brachiaria subquadripara K003051431 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [12232] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051397 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1056] Tanzania Brachiaria subquadripara K000496678 Yes
Ramos, M. [12231] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050792 Yes
[Reynon]; Espiri [211] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050789 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India Brachiaria subquadripara K000245289 Type Yes
Lorence, D.H.; Ragone, D.; Prance, G.; Wiseman, J. [8647] Samoa Brachiaria subquadripara K003051428 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050787 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [167] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051411 Yes
Oppenheimer, H. [H100038] United States Brachiaria subquadripara K003051446 Yes
Adaire, F. [233] Kiribati Brachiaria subquadripara K003051429 Yes
Whistler, A. [W2421] Samoa Brachiaria subquadripara K003051435 Yes
Blanchon, J.P. [196] New Caledonia Brachiaria subquadripara K003051394 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W4639] Samoa Brachiaria subquadripara K003051433 Yes
Kondo, Y.; Edano, G. [s.n.] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050791 Yes
Loher, A. [1736] Philippines Brachiaria subquadripara K003050795 Yes
[B. E. Parhom] [s.n.] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051405 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [31] Fiji Brachiaria subquadripara K003051409 Yes
May 13, 1931 Gamble, J.S. [17629] India Brachiaria distachyos K000958910 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 13, 1931 Wight [1612] India Brachiaria distachyos K000958912 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 13, 1931 Wight [1612] India Brachiaria distachyos K000958913 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21156] India Brachiaria distachyos K000958911 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greenwood, W. [972] Fiji Brachiaria distachyos K003051383 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13516] Thailand Brachiaria distachyos K000620991 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [13516] Thailand Brachiaria distachyos K000620990 No
Heckman, C.W. [124] Thailand Brachiaria distachyos K000688058 No
Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Thailand Brachiaria distachyos K000688059 No
Greenwood, W. [972] Fiji Brachiaria distachyos K003051382 Yes
Mar 16, 2010 Santamaría, D.; Solano, M.; Azofeifa Zúñiga, A.; Gamboa, R.; Moraga, B. [5337] Costa Rica Urochloa subquadripara K001614119 Yes
Sep 24, 2009 Morales, J.F.; Soto, A.; Castro, J. [13581] Costa Rica Urochloa subquadripara K001614098 Yes

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