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Taxon: Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf

Synonym of Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster

Genus: Brachiaria
Family: Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Nomen number: 7550
Place of publication: D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:531. 1919
Name verified on: 06-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Feb-2007
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. (previously associated with 52 accessions)

References:

  • Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr) [accepts].
  • Catasús Guerra, L. J. Cavanillesia Altera [accepts].
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb) [accepts].
  • Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. (Grass SAfr) [accepts].
  • Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop) [accepts].
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
  • Mannetje, L. 't & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 4:56–58. [accepts].
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2) [accepts].
  • Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revision de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los generos Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70.
  • Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:64.
  • Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia. (Grass Bolivia) [accepts].
  • Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia) [accepts].
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) [accepts].
  • Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. (Grass Camer) [accepts].
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Check other databases for Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7550 (22 November 2009)

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