Nixon oversown into native speargrass heteropogon contortus pasture in. It is reported to cause nitrate poisoning in livestock. The fifth clade is a mixture of both urochloa and brachiaria species. Urochloa subquadripara is reported as introduced into texas. These species can be distinguished by the following differences. Eragrostis lehmanniana, urochloa mosambicensis and. Urochloa panicoides urochloa pubescens urochloa ruschii. Plants profile for urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed grass. Brachiaria mutica, also known as urochloa mutica, is an invasive grass species native to africa.
Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eurasia, africa, australia, mexico, and the pacific islands. Leafsheaths with a ring of soft hairs at the nodes. Brief description grazyna paczkowska, saturday 30 october 1993. Absolute plant biomass of annual grasses tended to be higher. Urochloa mutica ufifas center for aquatic and invasive plants. A web site containing information about the flora of zimbabwe. Sabi grass urochloa mosambicensis important information. The compounds were isolated and identified via chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. Poaceae, urochloa, texas, introduced, invasive plant urochloa p. The asterisk indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation. Leaves with sheath with spreading tuberclebased hairs, rarely almost glabrous. Inflorescence a panicle of usually 315 racemes, each 210 cm long.
In its native lands, brachiaria is cultivated as a forage grass and was brought to the u. 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. 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. Urochloa is closely related to brachiaria, and the two are united by some authors. Environmental weed risk assessment results for urochloa mosambicensis hack.
Urochloa mosambicensis flowerhead15 nwp flickr macleay grass man. Urochloa mosambicensis demonstrated greater plasticity than u. Rhizomatous or stoloniferous, basally decumbent perennial, grasslike or herb, 0. This annual grass has decumbent or upright stems up to a meter long. General information about urochloa mosambicensis uromo. This diverse type encompasses a number of the morphologicalagronomic groups proposed by various workers. Urochloa mosambicensis tropical forages lucid apps. Its flower spikelets are arranged in two rows along the seedhead branches and are somewhat hairy i. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. Urochloa panicoides is a tufted annual grass, to 100 cm tall. As a condition for access you agree that the commonwealth makes no representations or warranties regarding the database and does not accept any liability in connection with reliance on the information contained within the database including by third parties you in any way allow or assist to access the information. Jan 15, 2015 this page was last edited on 12 april 2016, at 18.
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a creative commons attribution cc by licence. Fact sheet urochloa mosambicensis tropical forages. 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. It may root where its lower nodes contact the substrate. Hierarchical ranking of urochloa mosambicensis bushveld. Plant community response to loss of large herbivores. Australian journal of experimental agriculture and animal husbandry, 20, 439446. A large image of urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed grass from the usda plants database.
In australia, it grows in tropicalsubtropical subhumid woodlands to semiarid shrub woodlands. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Urochloa mosambicensis is a perennial grass with an inflorescence made up of a number of spikelike racemes arranged alternately on a central axis. It has naturalized elsewhere, including australia, argentina, and the united states. Growth of annual and perennial grasses in a savanna of. 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. Provides authoritative information on the flora of western australia. The present invention relates to fungi of acremonium spp, wherein said fungi are purified or isolated from plants of the brachiaria urochloa 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. Urochloa mosambicensis uromo urochloa oligotricha urool. The leaves have linear or lanceshaped blades up to 25 centimeters long. Urochloa mosambicensis in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Large image for urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed.
A perennial, variable in size and habit burt et al. Home image gallery profile page large image view of urochloa mosambicensis hack. Environmental weed risk assessment results for urochloa. Annual up to 100 cm high, often ascending from a prostrate rooting base.
Perennial from a short premorse rhizome with extravaginal innovations covered in the budstate with whitish or yellowishtomentose thin cataphylls, the buds ovoid, plump, obtuse. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Inflorescence up to 15 cm long of four to 12 racemes, 2. The plant list includes a further 22 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus urochloa. A key to separate the species of urochloa in texas is presented along with an image of the newly reported species. The third clade contains all urochloa taxa except for the one species of brachiaria leersioides. The plant list includes scientific plant names of species rank for the genus urochloa. Special metabolites isolated from urochloa humidicola poaceae. Urochloa panicoides is a fodder grass originating in southern africa.
Urochloa brizantha urochloa decumbens urochloa distachya. Urochloa panicoides can be confused with urochloa setigera, but the morphology of the spikelet is slightly different. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 449519 with original publication details. Nixon oversown into native speargrass heteropogon contortus pasture in southeast. Ecological status of grass species in the red turfveld of the. Growth of annual and perennial grasses in a savanna of botswana. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eurasia, africa, australia, mexico. In southern africa the grain of urochloa mosambicensis is commonly used as a cereal, the. 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. Us20140201868a1 novel brachiariaurochloa endophytes.
Panicum maximum and urochloa mosambicensis is very speciesspecific and not related to the life history. Urochloa mosambicensis urochloa mutica urochloa occidentalis. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. The taxonomic relationships of brachiaria and urochloa have been questioned based on previous morphological studies. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Sabi grass urochloa mosambicensis is regarded as an environmental weed in parts of queensland, the northern territory and western australia. General information urochloa mosambicensis is a tufted or stoloniferous perennial grass with ascending culms up to 1. The present invention also relates to plants inoculated with such. Fact sheets are available from department of employment, economic development and innovation deedi service centres and our customer service centre telephone 25 23. Urochloa mosambicensis seed department of agriculture. Title protabase plant resources of tropical africa. They are distinguished mainly by habit, urochloa having rather more flattened, cuspidate spikelets enclosing a pronounced mucro from the upper lemma. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of.
The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 449519. Urochloa mosambicensis uromooverview eppo global database. In this paper, we reconsider the phylogenetic relationships of these genera using 22 species of brachiaria and urochloa and six species of paniceae as outgroups. Sabi grass urochloa mosambicensis, aerial part, fresh. Leaves are usually loosely to densely hairy with tuberclebased hairs, blades up to 12 mm wide, expanded, light green, margins thickened and crinkled. Plants profile for urochloa mosambicensis african liverseed.
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