Details for: PI 400238, Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T. Q. Nguyen

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T. Q. Nguyen

Origin:

Donated – Kenya

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

29 Apr 1975

PI Assigned:

1975

Form Received:

Seed

Inventory Volume:

183
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T. Q. Nguyen

Origin:

Donated – Kenya

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

29 Apr 1975

PI Assigned:

1975

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

29 April 1975.
Kenya
Comment: Received through W.J. Kaiser, Plant Quarantine Services, East Africa Agricultur and Forestry Research Organization, Nairobi.
Donor(s):

Wilton, A.G., FAO Grass Project

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T. Q. Nguyen

Genus:

Urochloa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Melinidinae

Nomen number:

401380

Place of publication:

Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3:13. 1966

Verified:

03/06/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Panicum muticum Forssk.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum barbinode Trin.
Panicum numidianum Lam.
Panicum purpurascens Raddi

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	buffalo grass		1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:424-425.
English	Dutch grass		1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:424-425.
English	giant couch		1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:424-425.
English	Mauritius grass	as Brachiaria mutica	1	't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:64-65. Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
English	Para grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Scotch grass	but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland	1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:424-425.
English	Scottish grass		1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:424-425.
French	herbe de Para		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Paragras		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	para-gurasu	as Brachiaria mutica	2	Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Spanish	hierba de Pará		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	paraná	as Brachiaria mutica	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163. Note: = Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
Spanish	pasto Pará		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 23 Oct 1995, from Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf to Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T. Q. Nguyen