Characteristics
Monocots
Urochloa distachya (L.)T.Q.Nguyen
TROPICAL SIGNALGRASS
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The name U. subquadripara has often been applied to material in Florida (e.g. FNA, vol. 25), its distinction from U. distachya has oft been questioned. Sosef (2016) chose to recognize only U. distachya, with the other as synonym, observing "an almost continuous grade" between the alleged forms.
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
Citation
UROCHLOA DISTACHYA (Linnaeus) T. Q. Nguyen, Novit. Syst. Pl. Vasc., Acad. Sci. URSS 1966: 13. 1966.
Panicum distachyon Linnaeus 1771.
INDIA: Without data, Koenig s.n. (lectotype: LINN 80.14). Lectotypified by Henrard, Monogr. Digitaria 191. 1950.
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