Summary
Place of publication:
Darwiniana 31:80. 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
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
- 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 31:80-82.
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- Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:62.
- Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:418.
- Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
Common names
English
creeping signal grass – koronivia 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 | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
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 | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
Cultivated
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Naturalized
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Puerto Rico
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 |
Environmental | erosion control | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:62. |
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=401379.
Accessed 6 October 2024.