Liverseed grass facts for kids
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| Urochloa mosambicensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Melinidinae |
| Genus: | Urochloa P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv.
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Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include liverseed grass.
- 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)
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.
See also
In Spanish: Urochloa para niños
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