G.487. Urochloa
BRACHIARIA (Trin.) Griseb.
PSEUDOBRACHIARIA Launert
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina linear or lanceolate; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence of racemes borne upon a short common axis; spikelets single and abaxial or paired. Spikelets lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, cuspidate to acuminate; lower glume mostly shorter than spikelet; upper glume as long as spikelet, usually membranous; lower floret male or sterile, lower lemma resembling upper glume; upper lemma obtuse, mucronate. Derivation of name: from Greek: ouro meaning a tail; chloa meaning grass, possibly referring to the mucronate upper lemma Comment: This now includes all species formerly placed in Brachiaria. Worldwide: 103 species in the Old World tropics Botswana: 15 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arrecta (Hack. ex T.Durand & Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga | N | Description, Image |
| brachyura (Hack.) Stapf | N,SW,SE | Description |
| brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster | Description, Image | |
| deflexa (Schumach.) H.Scholz | N,SW | Description, Image |
| dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Veldkamp | N | Description |
| dura (Stapf) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton | Description | |
| glomerata (Stapf) Oulo, Zon & Sosef | SW,SE | |
| grossa (Stapf) Oulo, Zon & Sosef | N,SW | Description |
| marlothii (Hack.) Oulo, Zon & Sosef | N,SW | |
| nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) A.M.Torres & C.M.Morton | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard | N,SE | Description |
| panicoides P. Beauv. | SE | Description, Image |
| serrata (Thunb.) Sosef | Description, Image | |
| trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf | N,SE | Description, Image |
| xantholeuca (Hack.) H.Scholz | N | Description, Image |
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