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Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Para-grass, Signal-grass.

Contributed by Scott G. Ward and Alan S. Weakley

Key to Urochloa

A genus of about 100 species, pantropical and subtropical. In the Sputheastern US, this genus consists of primarily non-native species and only a few taxa considered native. A few waif have poor historical documentation in the flora region.

Glossary (beta)

Subfamily: Panicoideae. Tribe: Paniceae. Subtribe: Melinidinae. supertribe: Panicodae. clade: "PACMAD".

References: Crins (1991); Webster (1988); Wipff & Thompson (2003a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a); Wipff & Thompson (2003b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Urochloa platyphylla | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Eriochloa polystachya source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Urochloa platyphylla | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sam Kieschnick | Urochloa texana source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley | Urochloa ramosa source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Eriochloa polystachya source | Original Image ⭷

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