Taxon: Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. D. Webster

Common names:

• Basilisk signal grass   (Source: Genet Res Comm 21:2. as Brachiaria decumbens)
  
• braquiaria   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• pasto alambre   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• signal grass   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Surinam grass   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• Surinamgras   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• zacate Surinam   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (fide Darwiniana 31:73. 1992)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  

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View toxicology references for Urochloa decumbens from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Rwanda; Zaire

Other:

• naturalized elsewhere in tropics

References:

• Catasús Guerra, L. J. Cavanillesia Altera [= Braciaria decumbens Stapf].
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador) [= U. brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster].
• Mannetje, L. 't & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 4:58–59.
• Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revision de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los generos Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:72.
• Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:65.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:413–437. [cites basionym; = U. brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster].
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:630.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Urochloa decumbens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Urochloa decumbens. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Brachiaria decumbens Stapf (basionym)
  (previously associated with 11 accessions)

Check other databases for Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. D. Webster:

• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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