Summary
Place of publication:
Darwiniana 31:69. 1992
Verified:
03/06/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
- Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:43-109.
- Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:63.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rosenfeld, G. et al. 1975. Hematological studies on cows pasturing on Brachiaria radicans Napper (Tanner grass) in winter time. Arq. Inst. Biol. (São Paulo) 42:239-242.
- Rosenfeld, G. et al. 1976. Hematological studies produced on horses and sheep pasturing on Brachiaria radicans Napper (Tanner grass) in winter time. Arq. Inst. Biol. (São Paulo) 43(3-4):99-103.
- Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
Common names
English
African signal grass – tanner grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Bahia, Sao Paulo]
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CARIBBEAN:
Puerto Rico
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Rosenfeld, G. et al. 1976. Hematological studies produced on horses and sheep pasturing on Brachiaria radicans Napper (Tanner grass) in winter time. Arq. Inst. Biol. (São Paulo) 43(3-4):99-103. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401377.
Accessed 6 October 2024.