PLANTS Profile for Urochloa texana (Texas signalgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster
Texas signalgrass

Symbol:

URTE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TX, Columbus. Usage Requirements.

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Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster

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Synonyms:
Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster

	BRTE3	Brachiaria texana (Buckley) S.T. Blake
	PATE14	Panicum texanum Buckley

Distribution:
Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster


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Related Taxa:
Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Urochloa

Classification:
Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. 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 texana (Buckley) R. Webster – Texas signalgrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster

Panicum texanum
Texas 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.

SWSS

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

More Accounts and Images:
Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. 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 523033.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 09/01/2009 05:47 AM MDT