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Urochloa mutica  (Forssk.) T.Q. Nguyen
Taxonomic Serial No.: 523027

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
  
    Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard
  
    Panicum barbinode Trin.
  
    Panicum muticum Forssk.
  
    Panicum purpurascens Raddi
  
    Brachiaria numidiana (Lam.) Henrard
  
    Panicum equinum Salzm. ex Steud.
  
    Panicum guadaloupense Spreng. ex Steud.
  
    Panicum numidianum Lam.
  
    Panicum paraguayense Steud. ex Döll
  
    Panicum pictigluma Steud.
  
    Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) R.D. Webster ex Zon
  
  Common Name(s): para grass
 
    buffalo grass
 
    California grass
 
    Mauritius grass
 
    puakatau
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusUrochloa P. Beauv. – signalgrass, liverseed grass  
                                  SpeciesUrochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q. Nguyen – para grass, buffalo grass, California grass, Mauritius grass, puakatau  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Urochloa mutica   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Urochloa mutica   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Urochloa mutica   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Urochloa mutica   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Caribbean  
    Oceania  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
    Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
 

 

    

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