EPPO Global Database

Urochloa distachya(BRADI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BRADI
  • Preferred name: Urochloa distachya
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Nguyen

Notes

Western Asia (Oman, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, Australia (except Victoria, Tasmania). Introduced in Côte d'Ivoire, Zaïre, East Africa, Madagascar, USA (Texas, Florida), Mexico, Central America, Cuba, South America (Colombia, Venezuela) 

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Brachiaria distachya (Linnaeus) Stapf
Brachiaria subquadripara (Trinius) Hitchcock
Panicum distachyon
Panicum subquadriparum Trinius

Common names
Name Language
small-flowered alexander grass English (US)
tropical signalgrass English (US)