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Urochloa arizonica (Scribn. & Merr.) Morrone & Zuloaga
Taxonomic Serial No.: 565584

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Brachiaria arizonica (Scribn. & Merr.) S.T. Blake
		Panicum arizonicum Scribn. & Merr.
		Panicum dissitiflorum Vasey
		Brachiaria arizonica var. laeviglumis (Scribn. & Merr.) Beetle
		Brachiaria arizonica var. major (Vasey) Beetle
		Brachiaria arizonica var. tenuis (Scribn. & Merr.) Beetle
		Panicum arizonicum var. arizonicum Scribn. & Merr.
		Panicum arizonicum var. laeviglume Scribn. & Merr.
		Panicum arizonicum var. majus (Vasey) Scribn. & Merr.
		Panicum arizonicum var. tenue Scribn. & Merr.
		Panicum fasciculatum var. dissitiflorum Vasey ex Scribn. & Merr.
		Panicum fasciculatum var. majus (Vasey) Beal
		Panicum fuscum var. major Vasey
	Common Name(s):	Arizona signalgrass

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phan�rogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotyl�dones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, gramin�es
	Genus	Urochloa P. Beauv. – signalgrass, liverseed grass
	Species	Urochloa arizonica (Scribn. & Merr.) Morrone & Zuloaga – Arizona signalgrass

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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 arizonica

	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 arizonica

	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 arizonica

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Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	North America
		Middle America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Continental US, Native

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