Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (≡) Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
• Basionym: Panicum ramosum L.

Common names:

• browntop millet  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• panico ramoso  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• ke-niku-kibi  (Source: Pl Names) - Japanese Rōmaji

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage
• Human food:
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
• CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Malaysia


Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• Mexico, United States (s.e.)

References:

1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
2. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
5. Kimata, M. et al. 2000. Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets, Brachiaria ramosa and Setaria glauca, Poaceae in South India. Econ. Bot. 54:217-227. Note: = Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
8. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
9. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41:427.
10. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 49:139-247.
11. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
12. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: lists as Urochloa ramosa (L.) R. D. Webster; = Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
13. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:633.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401370. Accessed 1 July 2024.