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Bread Grass
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Grasses & bamboos

Bread Grass

Urochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster

Names

EnglishBread Grass
Dutch—
SpanishBrizanta
Chinese信号草
Scientific nameUrochloa brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster

About this species

Urochloa brizantha (syn. Brachiaria brizantha) is a species of grass known by the common name palisade grass. It is often used as a forage for livestock. Other common names include palisade signal grass, bread grass, Mauritius grass, Surinam grass, large-seeded millet grass, big ashama, Ceylon sheep grass, and St. Lucia grass.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusUrochloa

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1982First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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