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Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen
browntop millet

   
Symbol: URRA
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Annual
Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
L48    I



   
Other common names:
  dixie signalgrass
Photograph of Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory.
 
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Synonyms:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

  BRRA80 Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf   browntop millet
  PARA3 Panicum ramosum L.  
 

Distribution by State:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

Distributional Map for Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen
Distribution Map Legend

Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen distribution:
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA

 

Related Taxa:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

341 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Urochloa
 

Classification:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass   Commelinidae
Order   Cyperales
Family   Poaceae – Grass family
Genus   Urochloa P. Beauv. – signalgrass
Species   Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen – browntop millet
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

Brachiaria ramosa
browntop millet
dixie signalgrass

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Urochloa ramosa (L.) Nguyen

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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