Urochloa panicoides can be confused with urochloa setigera, but the morphology of the spikelet is slightly different. Urochloa subquadripara is reported as introduced into texas. Ecological status of grass species in the red turfveld of the. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. Urochloa mosambicensis flowerhead15 nwp flickr macleay grass man. The plant list includes scientific plant names of species rank for the genus urochloa. Leaves with sheath with spreading tuberclebased hairs, rarely almost glabrous. Seedling growth of three annual grass species, chloris virgata, setaria verticillata and tragus berteronianus, and five perennial grass species, cenchrus ciliaris, enneapogon cenchroides, eragrostis rigidior, panicum maximum and urochloa mosambicensis is very speciesspecific and not related to the life history.
Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Special metabolites isolated from urochloa humidicola. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eurasia, africa, australia, mexico. Urochloa mosambicensis is a perennial grass with an inflorescence made up of a number of spikelike racemes arranged alternately on a central axis. Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eurasia, africa, australia, mexico, and the pacific islands. Urochloa mosambicensis urochloa mutica urochloa occidentalis. Environmental weed risk assessment results for urochloa.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Urochloa is closely related to brachiaria, and the two are united by some authors. Provides authoritative information on the flora of western australia. A large image of urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed grass from the usda plants database. Urochloa mosambicensis information from itis the integrated taxonomic information system itis provides authoritative taxonomic information on urochloa mosambicensis, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of north america and the world. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a creative commons attribution cc by licence. Leaves are usually loosely to densely hairy with tuberclebased hairs, blades up to 12 mm wide, expanded, light green, margins thickened and crinkled. Urochloa mosambicensis uromo urochloa oligotricha urool. Urochloa panicoides urochloa pubescens urochloa ruschii.
General information urochloa mosambicensis is a tufted or stoloniferous perennial grass with ascending culms up to 1. It may root where its lower nodes contact the substrate. A key to separate the species of urochloa in texas is presented along with an image of the newly reported species. Title protabase plant resources of tropical africa. Poaceae, urochloa, texas, introduced, invasive plant urochloa p. In australia, it grows in tropicalsubtropical subhumid woodlands to semiarid shrub woodlands. Molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of. Inflorescence up to 15 cm long of four to 12 racemes, 2. Panicum maximum and urochloa mosambicensis is very speciesspecific and not related to the life history. Absolute plant biomass of annual grasses tended to be higher. Wo2012174585a1 novel brachiariaurochloa endophytes. It has naturalized elsewhere, including australia, argentina, and the united states.
Eragrostis lehmanniana, urochloa mosambicensis and. The third clade contains all urochloa taxa except for the one species of brachiaria leersioides. Home image gallery profile page large image view of urochloa mosambicensis hack. Its flower spikelets are arranged in two rows along the seedhead branches and are somewhat hairy i. In its natural habitat urochloa mosambicensis occurs at elevations up to 1,600 metres in regions with a mean annual rainfall of 400 1,200mm, exceptionally to 1,600mm, and a dry season of 5 9 months. Nixon oversown into native speargrass heteropogon contortus pasture in. Urochloa mosambicensis uromooverview eppo global database. Inflorescence a panicle of usually 315 racemes, each 210 cm long. General information about urochloa mosambicensis uromo. This annual grass has decumbent or upright stems up to a meter long. Special metabolites isolated from urochloa humidicola poaceae. The plant list includes a further 22 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus urochloa. Australian journal of experimental agriculture and animal husbandry, 20, 439446. Urochloa brizantha urochloa decumbens urochloa distachya.
Plant community response to loss of large herbivores. Nixon oversown into native speargrass heteropogon contortus pasture in southeast. A web site containing information about the flora of zimbabwe. The compounds were isolated and identified via chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. The present invention relates to fungi of acremonium spp, wherein said fungi are purified or isolated from plants of the brachiariaurochloa complex and wherein, when said fungi are inoculated into a plant, said plant has improved resistance to diseases andor pests relative to an uninocualated control plant. These species can be distinguished by the following differences. This diverse type encompasses a number of the morphologicalagronomic groups proposed by various workers. Jan 15, 2015 this page was last edited on 12 april 2016, at 18. Sabi grass urochloa mosambicensis important information. Culms 120 cm or more high, sometimes rooting and branched from the lower nodes. They are distinguished mainly by habit, urochloa having rather more flattened, cuspidate spikelets enclosing a pronounced mucro from the upper lemma. The taxonomic relationships of brachiaria and urochloa have been questioned based on previous morphological studies. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. In its native lands, brachiaria is cultivated as a forage grass and was brought to the u.
This study aims to identify special metabolites in polar extracts from urochloa humidicola synonym brachiaria humidicola that have allelopathic effects and induce secondary photosensitization in ruminants. Plants profile for urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed. The different spikelet orientation is also characteristic, though not obvious when the spikelets are paired. Fact sheets are available from department of employment, economic development and innovation deedi service centres and our customer service centre telephone 25 23. Brief description grazyna paczkowska, saturday 30 october 1993. Perennial from a short premorse rhizome with extravaginal innovations covered in the budstate with whitish or yellowishtomentose thin cataphylls, the buds ovoid, plump, obtuse. Annual up to 100 cm high, often ascending from a prostrate rooting base.
Growth of annual and perennial grasses in a savanna of botswana. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 449519. In southern africa the grain of urochloa mosambicensis is commonly used as a cereal, the. Rhizomatous or stoloniferous, basally decumbent perennial, grasslike or herb, 0.
Urochloa mosambicensis tropical forages lucid apps. It grows easily from seed and is cultivated on a small scale as pasture. Growth of annual and perennial grasses in a savanna of. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. The fifth clade is a mixture of both urochloa and brachiaria species. Urochloa mutica ufifas center for aquatic and invasive plants. Sabi grass urochloa mosambicensis is regarded as an environmental weed in parts of queensland, the northern territory and western australia. Brachiaria mutica, also known as urochloa mutica, is an invasive grass species native to africa. Leafsheaths with a ring of soft hairs at the nodes. Urochloa mutica ufifas center for aquatic and invasive. Urochloa mosambicensis seed department of agriculture. The present invention also relates to plants inoculated with such.
Sabi grass urochloa mosambicensis, aerial part, fresh. Urochloa mosambicensis generally competed best in 16% clay soil, whilst u. Fact sheet urochloa mosambicensis tropical forages. Large image for urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed. The leaves have linear or lanceshaped blades up to 25 centimeters long. A perennial, variable in size and habit burt et al. Mixed ii is a perennial grass, with a height close to 1 meter at peak production, with linear leaves, lanceolate of an intense green color, with an average length of 35 to 40 cm, width of 2. Urochloa panicoides is a tufted annual grass, to 100 cm tall.
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