Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands.[2][3][4][5] Common names include signalgrass.[6][7][8][9]
Numerous species once considered members of Urochloa but are now regarded as better suited to other genera, such as Alloteropsis, Brachiaria, Ixophorus, Oplismenus, Panicum, and Rupichloa.
Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include signalgrass.
Species Urochloa brachyura (Hack.) Stapf - E + S Africa Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) R.Webster - native to tropical + S Africa; introduced and widely grown in S America + Pacific Urochloa echinolaenoides Stapf - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia Urochloa fusca B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin browntop signalgrass - southern United States to Argentina Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp – Thurston grass - southern China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcon, islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans Urochloa longifolia B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu - Yunnan Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy - Africa, Madagascar Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard - Africa Urochloa olivacea Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico (Colima, Nayarit) Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. – panic liverseed grass - Africa, southern Asia Urochloa pauciflora Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán) Urochloa platyrrhachis C.E.Hubb. - Zambia, Zaïre Urochloa rudis Stapf - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania Urochloa sclerochlaena Chiov - Ethiopia, Kenya Urochloa setigera (Retz.) Stapf - Indian subcon, southern China, Southeast Asia Urochloa trichopodioides (Mez & K.Schum.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen - Zaïre, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf - drier parts of Africa, Arabian Pen Urochloa venosa (Swallen) Morrone & Zuloaga - western Mexico (Michoacán) Formerly includedNumerous species once considered members of Urochloa but are now regarded as better suited to other genera, such as Alloteropsis, Brachiaria, Ixophorus, Oplismenus, Panicum, and Rupichloa.
