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Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster
broadleaf signalgrass

       
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Photo of Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster
Brachiaria platyphylla

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

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Synonyms:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

  BREX Brachiaria extensa Chase
  BRPL2 Brachiaria platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) Nash
  PAPL6 Paspalum platyphyllum Griseb., non Schult.
 

Distribution:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Urochloa
 

Classification:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

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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 platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster – broadleaf signalgrass
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

Brachiaria platyphylla
broadleaf 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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

Brachiaria platyphylla:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FAC+ NI FAC+ FAC NO NO FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) R.D. Webster

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523030.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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