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Urochloa serrata

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID644063564e2fd779659007
Scientific name Urochloa serrata
Authority (Thunb.) Sosef
First published in Pl. Ecol. Evol. 149: 361 (2016)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Brachiaria andongensis Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 560 (1919)
Brachiaria brachylopha Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 539 (1919)
Brachiaria serrata var. gossypina (T.Durand & Schinz) Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 538 1919
Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 366. 1850 (1850)
Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst. Flora 24(1 Intell.): 19 (1841)
Holcus serratus Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 20 (1794)
Panicum andongense Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 167 (1899)
Panicum brachylophum (Stapf) A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 724. 1920 (1920)
Panicum gossypinum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 365 (1850)
Panicum nigropedatum var. basipiliferum Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 42. 1914
Panicum scopuliferum Trin. Sp. Gram. 2: t. 165 (1829)
Panicum serratum var. brachylophum (Stapf) A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 730. 1920
Panicum serratum var. gossypinum T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 765. 1894
Panicum serratum var. hirtum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 364. 1898
Panicum serratum var. holosericeum T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 765. 1894
Sorghum serratum (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 839 (1817)
Tricholaena abbreviata K.Schum. ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 58.
Brachiaria serrata (Thunb.) Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 537 (1919)

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Language Common/alternative name
English velvet signal grass
Afrikaans fluweelsinjaalgras

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001347506
USDA Plants BRSE8
Tropicos 25514506
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393010-1
The Plant List kew-399749
Open Tree Of Life 861077
IPNI 393010-1
iNaturalist 506968
GBIF 4132077
EPPO BRASE
USDA GRIN 7571
Tropicos 100476518
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77159556-1
NCBI Taxonomy 59787
IPNI 77159556-1
iNaturalist 866976
GBIF 10758810

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The effects of abiotic factors in South African semi-arid grassland communities on Seriphium plumosum L density and canopy size Pule HT, Tjelele JT, Tedder MJ PLoS One 30-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6117004
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0202809
PMID:30161189
Effects of anabolic and catabolic nutrients on woody plant encroachment after long-term experimental fertilization in a South African savanna Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Snyman D, Jordaan JJ PLoS One 29-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5491051
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179848
PMID:28662068

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