Brachiaria villosa (Lam.) A.Camus, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 433 1922. (Syn: Brachiaria coccosperma (Steud.) Stapf ex Reeder; Brachiaria distichophylla (Trin.) Stapf; Brachiaria villosa var. barbata Bor ….; Panicum careyanum Nees; Panicum cartilagineum Nees [Illegitimate]; Panicum coccospermum Steud.; Panicum despreauxii Steud.; Panicum distichophyllum Trin.; Panicum nanum Royle ex Steud.; Panicum pauperulum Steud.; Panicum serrulatum Schumach.; Panicum vestitum Nees ex Steud. [Invalid]; Panicum villosum Lam.; Panicum viviparum Schumach.; Urochloa villosa (Lam.) T.Q.Nguyen ..);
Cape Verde to Uganda, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zaïre as per POWO (Urochloa villosa (Lam.) T.Q.Nguyen, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 14 (1966)); .
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 . SK 2760 27 September 2020 – Grass : 13 posts by 3 authors. 6 images- 5 to 7 mb each. Location: Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 14 September 2020
Elevation: 1340m.
Habit: Wild
Brachiaria, Brachiaria villosa Looks like matches closest to Brachiaria villosa (Lam.) A.Camus. Yes …, it’s close, wait for experts comments, |