Urochloa ramosa(L.) T.Q.Nguyen

dixie signalgrassbrowntop millet

WFO wfo-0000906894 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Urochloa ramosa, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. a Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-04 / obs. 181533388
Urochloa ramosa, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. b Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181533395
Urochloa ramosa, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. c Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181533403

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
1821249
Filed as
Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q.Nguyen
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
not recorded
Origin
not recorded
The sheet
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Native range 52 botanical countries

Regions where Urochloa ramosa is native: Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, China South-Central, Gulf States, Hainan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya BeninBurkinaCameroonChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGambiaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaZimbabweAfghanistanChina South-CentralGulf StatesHainanOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Cape VerdeAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Urochloa ramosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Benin BEN AFRICA
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Cape Verde CVI
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Zimbabwe ZIM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
Gulf States GST
Hainan CHH
Oman OMA
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 26 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Brachiaria chennaveeraiana Basappa & Muniy.
  • Brachiaria marselinii Gawade & Gavade
  • Brachiaria multispiculata H.Scholz
  • Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
  • Brachiaria ramosa var. pubescens Basappa & Muniy.
  • Brachiaria regularis var. nidulans (Mez) Täckh.
  • Echinochloa ramosa (L.) Roberty
  • Panicum arvense Kunth
  • Panicum bispiculatum Chiov.
  • Panicum brachylachnum Steud.
  • Panicum breviradiatum Hochst.
  • Panicum canescens Roth
  • Panicum cognatissimum Steud.
  • Panicum crus-galli var. petiveri (Trin.) De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Panicum grossarium J.Koenig
  • Panicum nidulans Mez
  • Panicum ozogonum Steud.
  • Panicum pallidum Peter
  • Panicum petiveri Trin.
  • Panicum petiveri var. puberulum Chiov.
  • Panicum ramosum L.
  • Panicum sorghum Steud.
  • Panicum supervacuum C.B.Clarke
  • Setaria canescens (Roth) Kunth

and 2 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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