EPPO Global Database

Urochloa reptans(PANRP)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PANRP
  • Preferred name: Urochloa reptans
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Stapf

Notes

Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Introduced in southeast Mediterranean (Egypt), Togo, Cameroon, Sudan to Mozambique, Madagascar, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, central Brazil)

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Other scientific names
Name Authority
Brachiaria reptans (Linnaeus) Gardner & Hubbard
Panicum caespitosum Swartz
Panicum prostratum Lamarck
Panicum reptans Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
creeping panic grass English
running grass English
sprawling panicum English (US)
sprawling signal grass English
chiendent blanc French
alpiste de la tierra Spanish (CU)
cohitrillo Spanish (DO)
grama de castilla Spanish (CU)
zacate cuero de conejo Spanish (HN)
para ghas Hindi