G.487. Urochloa
BRACHIARIA (Trin.) Griseb.
PSEUDOBRACHIARIA Launert
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina linear or lanceolate; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence of racemes borne upon a short common axis; spikelets single and abaxial or paired. Spikelets lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, cuspidate to acuminate; lower glume mostly shorter than spikelet; upper glume as long as spikelet, usually membranous; lower floret male or sterile, lower lemma resembling upper glume; upper lemma obtuse, mucronate. Derivation of name: from Greek: ouro meaning a tail; chloa meaning grass, possibly referring to the mucronate upper lemma Comment: This now includes all species formerly placed in Brachiaria. Worldwide: 103 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 22 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arrecta (Hack. ex T.Durand & Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| bovonei (Chiov.) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| brachyura (Hack.) Stapf | W,C,S | Description |
| brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| comata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Sosef | E | Description |
| deflexa (Schumach.) H.Scholz | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Veldkamp | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| dura (Stapf) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton | W | Description |
| grossa (Stapf) Oulo, Zon & Sosef | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| jubata (Fig. & De Not.) Sosef | N,W,C | Description |
| nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| panicoides P. Beauv. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| ramosa (L.) T.Q.Nguyen | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| rugulosa (Stapf) Sosef | N | Description |
| serrata (Thunb.) Sosef | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| serrifolia (Hochst.) Zon | E,S | Description |
| subulifolia (Mez) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton | N,W,C,E | Description |
| trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| umbellata (Trin.) Oulo, Zon & Sosef | E | Description |
| xantholeuca (Hack.) H.Scholz | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| xantholeuca (Hack.) H.Scholz var. leucacrantha (K.Schum.) Sosef | W | Description |
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