Taxon: Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf

Common names:

• capim-rasteiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Brachiaria reptans)
  
• creeping panic grass   (Source: Blumea 41:428. 1996)
  
• running grass   (Source: Darwiniana 31:101.)
  
• San Juan de Castillo   (Source: Darwiniana 31:101.)
  
• sprawling signal grass   (Source: F NAmer )
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

Distributional range:

• throughout tropics & subtropics, probable origin tropical Asia

References:

• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA) [= Brachiaria reptans (L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.].
• Catasús Guerra, L. J. Cavanillesia Altera [= Brachiaria reptans (L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.].
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US) [= Brachiaria reptans (L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed) [= Brachiaria reptans (L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.].
• Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revision de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los generos Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:100–101.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:427–428.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Urochloa reptans.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Brachiaria reptans (L.) C. A. Gardner & C. E. Hubb.
  
• (≡) Panicum reptans L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf:

• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• 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.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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