Characteristics
Monocots
Urochloa distachyos (L.)T.Q.Nguyen
TROPICAL SIGNALGRASS
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The name U. subquadripara has often been applied to material in Florida (e.g. FNA, vol. 25), its distinction from U. distachya has oft been questioned. Sosef (2016) chose to recognize only U. distachya, with the other as synonym, observing "an almost continuous grade" between the alleged forms.
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Citation
UROCHLOA DISTACHYOS (Linnaeus) T. Q. Nguyen, Novit. Syst. Pl. Vasc., Acad. Sci. URSS 1966: 13. 1966.
Panicum distachyon Linnaeus 1771.
INDIA: Without data, Koenig s.n. (lectotype: LINN 80.14). Lectotypified by Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria 191. 1950.
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Plant Photos
Urochloa distachya
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Urochloa distachya
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Urochloa distachya
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