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

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

• (≡) Brachiaria arrecta (Hack. ex T. Durand & Schinz) Stent
• (=) Brachiaria latifolia Stapf
• (=) Brachiaria radicans Napper
• Basionym: Panicum arrectum Hack. ex T. Durand & Schinz

Common names:

• African signal grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• tanner grass  (Source: Darwiniana) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia (n.e.), South Africa [Cape Province (e.), KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]


Cultivated

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia


Naturalized

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: United States [Puerto Rico]
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, São Paulo]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

References:

1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
2. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
5. Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
6. Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31:43-109.
7. Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1993. Sinopsis del genero Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) para Mexico y America central. Darwiniana 32:63.
8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
9. Rosenfeld, G. et al. 1975. Hematological studies on cows pasturing on Brachiaria radicans Napper (Tanner grass) in winter time. Arq. Inst. Biol. (São Paulo) 42:239-242.
10. Rosenfeld, G. et al. 1976. Hematological studies produced on horses and sheep pasturing on Brachiaria radicans Napper (Tanner grass) in winter time. Arq. Inst. Biol. (São Paulo) 43(3-4):99-103.
11. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Brachiaria arrecta

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=401377. Accessed 1 July 2024.