Taxon: Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster

Summary

Genus:

Urochloa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Melinidinae

Nomen number:

401367

Place of publication:

Austral. Paniceae 233. 1987

Verified:

03/06/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

61 (22 active, 9 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Panicum brizanthum Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich) Stapf, introduced
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Lara S., M. A. & C. G. S. Pedreira. 2011. Estimativa da assimilação de carbono em dosséis de espécies de braquiária. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 46:743-750.
Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:64.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
'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) 4:56-58. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:630.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	bread grass		1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	palisade grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	palisade signal grass		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	signal grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German	Palisadengras		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	braquiarão	as Brachiaria brizantha	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	braquiária	as Brachiaria brizantha	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	braquiária-do-morro	as Brachiaria brizantha	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	brizantão		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-marandu		2	Lara S., M. A. & C. G. S. Pedreira. 2011. Estimativa da assimilação de carbono em dosséis de espécies de braquiária. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 46:743-750.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia			Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia			Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe			Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana			Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia			Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa		n. & e.	Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon			Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Lara S., M. A. & C. G. S. Pedreira. 2011. Estimativa da assimilação de carbono em dosséis de espécies de braquiária. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 46:743-750.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (n. & e.)

Cultivated
Southern America

NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Naturalized
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago
CENTRAL AMERICA: Honduras
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Reference(s)

Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Lara S., M. A. & C. G. S. Pedreira. 2011. Estimativa da assimilação de carbono em dosséis de espécies de braquiária. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 46:743-750.
Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: = Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:70-71.
Medicines	folklore	as Brachiaria brizantha	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Brachiaria brizantha

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401367. Accessed 15 April 2026.