Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 52 1812. (Syn: Echinochloa hirta (Roem. & Schult.) Schult.; Hemigymnia javanica (Poir.) Alston; Oplismenus hirsutus Schult.; Oplismenus hirtus B.Heyne ex Roth; Oplismenus javanicus (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.; Panicum borzianum Mattei; Panicum controversum Steud. [Illegitimate]; Panicum helopus Trin. ..; Panicum hirsutum J.Koenig ex Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Panicum hirtum (Roem. & Schult.) Roth [Illegitimate]; Panicum hochstetterianum A.Rich.; Panicum japonicum Kunth [Spelling variant]; Panicum javanicum Poir.; Panicum koenigii Spreng.; Panicum marathense Henrard [Invalid]; Panicum oxycephalum Peter; Panicum panicoides (P.Beauv.) Hitchc.; Panicum rothii Spreng.; Panicum setarioides Peter [Invalid]; Panicum trichopus subsp. breviglume Chiov. ..; Panicum urochloa Desv. [Illegitimate]; Setaria hirsuta (Schult.) Kunth; Setaria hirta (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth; Setaria pilifera Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Urochloa helopus (Trin.) Stapf .; Urochloa javanica (Poir.) Stapf; Urochloa jinshaicola B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu; Urochloa longifolia var. yuanmuensis (B.S. Sun & Z.H. Hu) S.L. Chen & Y.X. Jin; Urochloa marathensis Henrard .; Urochloa panicoides var. marathensis (Henrard) Bor ..; Urochloa pubescens Kunth; Urochloa ruschii Pilg.);
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Egypt to S. Africa and Indo-China: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Belgium, Bolivia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Great Britain, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Primorye, Queensland, South Australia, St.Helena, Texas as per POWO; . Urochloa panicoides is a fodder grass originating in Southern Africa.
(From Wikipedia on 21.4.13)
. It commonly occurrs in wet sandy localities or along roadsides and rocky areas. Whereas, it is occasionally seen along the bunds of paddy fields and along wet sandy shores. Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: SMP8 Pune for ID : Attachments (6). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Trying to post some images with inadequate data. Hoping to get to near ID so that I can study further. Urochloa panicoides Plant for ID 13/09/2011 SMP1:
Could this be species of Urochloa? Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. ??
Please help me in identifying this small grass found near a riparian habitat. The locale was shady.
Place: Sathyamangalam RF, TN (Eastern Ghats)
Alt.: 230 m asl
Date: 14 Dec 2012 Looks quite likely to be Oplismenus sp. Brachiaria villosa I guess the ID of this sp. should be other than Urochloa villosa (Lam.) T.Q.Nguyen Syn : Brachiaria villosa (Lam.) A.Camus since it does not match with my images, or my sp. is misidentified.
Should this sp. be Urochloa setigera (Retz.) Stapf ?
And there seems to be images of some other sp. also as pointed out by Nidhan Sir !
Please have a look at it !
I think there is some confusion and mix up of photos.
images d075 and d076 – Oplismenus compositus
images d064 to d069 are Urochloa panicoides (It can be differentiated from Brachiaria setigera by its lower glume facing away from the axis)
The photos in the post https://groups.google.com/forum/indiantreepix/Raq from Nepal are Brachiaria villosa var. barbata
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