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Para Grass
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Grasses & bamboos

Para Grass

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishPara Grass
Dutch—
SpanishCamalote
Chinese巴拉草
Scientific nameUrochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen

About this species

Urochloa mutica, commonly known as para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, and Scotch grass, is a species of grass. Despite its common name of California grass, it does not occur in California; it is native to northern and central Africa and parts of the Middle East, where it is cultivated for fodder. It was introduced elsewhere and it is now cultivated throughout tropical regions of the world for this purpose.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusUrochloa

In Suriname

29Records in Suriname
1851First record
2018Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie10
  • Sipaliwini6
  • Wanica1
  • Marowijne1
  • Paramaribo1

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

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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