Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 565 1919. (syn: Brachiaria distachya var. brevifolia E.G.Camus & A.Camus; Brachiaria hybrida Basappa & Muniy.; Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase; Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc.; Brachiaria subquadripara var. hirsuta Jansen; Brachiaria subquadripara var. miliiformis (J.Presl) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin; Brachiaria subquadripara var. pubescens Jansen; Digitaria distachyos (L.) Pers.; Panicum distachyon L.; Panicum distachyon var. pseudodistachyum (Hayata) Honda; Panicum miliiforme J.Presl; Panicum paspaloides Hayata, nom.illeg.; Panicum pseudodistachyum Hayata; Panicum subquadriparum Trin.; Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q.Nguyen; Urochloa subquadripara (Trin.) R.D.Webster);
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S. Arabian Peninsula to W. Pacific: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia; Introduced into: Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Benin, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Southwest Caribbean, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre as per POWO (Urochloa distachyos (L.) T.Q.Nguyen, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 13 (1966)); 
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Aldabra; Andaman Is.; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Benin; Borneo; Caroline Is.; Cayman Is.; Chagos Archipelago; China South-Central; China Southeast; Christmas I.; Colombia; Cook Is.; Costa Rica; Cuba; East Himalaya; Fiji; Florida; Gilbert Is.; Hainan; Hawaii; Honduras; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Kazan-retto; Kenya; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Line Is.; Madagascar; Malaya; Maldives; Maluku; Marianas; Marshall Is.; Maryland; Mauritius; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nauru; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Guinea; New South Wales; Nicaragua; Nicobar Is.; Niue; Northern Territory; Oman; Pakistan; Panam; Philippines; Phoenix Is.; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Samoa; Seychelles; Solomon Is.; South Australia; Southwest Caribbean; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Texas; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau-Manihiki; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Turks-Caicos Is.; Uganda; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; West Himalaya; Western Australia; Windward Is.; Zare as per Catalogue of Life;
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Need help to identify this grass sp from
Morena, M.P
MOP: Nov 19

Brachiaria distachya


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Grass for ID : Bangalore : 21SEP20 : AK-23 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Wild grass seen last week. (21.9.20)

Brachiaria ramosa –  Browntop Millet

Brachiaria distachya



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Please help Id this road side plant at Pune

Attaching few clear pics. I hope it helps to Id the plant


Brachiaria miliiformis



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week ::Poaceae Grass for ID 04042013 CS1 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Is this a species of Panicum

No. It looks more like Brachiaria miliiformis. Kindly post close up of raceme



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ARJUL09 Grass for ID 2 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).

Found in Lalbagh, Bangalore
July


Again Brachiaria spp


Brachiaria sp.


Bracharia sp


Brachiaria miliiformis


 


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ARJUL07 Grass for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).

Lalbagh, Bangalore
July


panicum sp


need more clear images. but it may be genus Urochloa


Brachiaria miliiformis



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This is from my village, common on roadside, photographed today (3.10.14), spikelets look similar to http://www.hear.org/pier/imagepages/singles/brsubp42.htm


Brachiaria miliiformis



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Hooghly : sk-Oct-17 : grass : Brachiaria subquadripara again? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments(5).
Again from my village, photographed today. (3.10.14)

Another set recorded yesterday at another place. It is fairly common and I wonder why i missed it earlier. I am now pretty sure that it is Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc. as in –

  1. http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/PlantInfo/species-photo.003%200
  2. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/bra_sub.htm
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Brachiaria miliiformis. Though some consider it as a synonym of B.subquadripara, I believe that B.s. is different.


 


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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP (Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q.Nguyen) IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of Karnataka  Flora of Pakistan  India Biodiversity Portal  Kerala plants Useful Tropical Plants  Feedipedia  PROSEA  CABI