Poaceae
Urochloa

Urochloa serrata (Thunb.) Sosef

First published in Pl. Ecol. Evol. 149: 361 (2016)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chevalier, A. [619] Cote d'Ivoire Brachiaria serrata K000282243 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281960 Isotype Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281962 Type Yes
Phillips, Lort Somalia Brachiaria serrata K000282120 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [9369] Zambia Brachiaria serrata K001553943 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9735] Zambia Brachiaria serrata K001553945 Yes
Zeyher South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281958 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kuntze, O. South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281957 Type Yes
Schimper [174] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrata K000282123 Type Yes
Schimper [174] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrata K000282121 Type Yes
Schimper [174] Ethiopia Brachiaria serrata K000282122 Isosyntype Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9445] Zambia Brachiaria serrata K001553944 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9877] Zambia Brachiaria serrata K001553946 Yes
Welwitsch [2793] Angola Brachiaria serrata K000282061 Type Yes
Welwitsch [2793] Angola Brachiaria serrata K000282060 Type Yes
Barter [1397] Nigeria Brachiaria serrata K000282241 Type Yes
Zeyher South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281959 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier, A. [17148] Cote d'Ivoire Brachiaria serrata K000282244 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281963 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drège South Africa Brachiaria serrata K000281961 Unknown Type Material Yes
Holst, C. [9154a] Tanzania Brachiaria serrata K000282110 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson, A.J. Nigeria Brachiaria serrata K000282242 Unknown Type Material Yes

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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