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Spreading liverseed grass
Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Grasses & bamboos

Spreading liverseed grass

Urochloa eminii (Mez) Davidse

Names

EnglishSpreading liverseed grass
Dutch—
SpanishBrizanta
Chinese—
Scientific nameUrochloa eminii (Mez) Davidse

About this species

Urochloa eminii, commonly known as Congo grass, is a species of forage crop in the family Poaceae that is grown throughout the humid tropics. With fast growth at the beginning of the wet season due to strong seedling vigour, ease of establishment, good seed production and yield and the ability to suppress weeds it has the ability to become developed into the most important forage crop planted in the tropics. With the aid of genomic tools to research the genotype and gain more information there is the ability to increase breeding programs which are currently rather limited.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusUrochloa

In Suriname

5Records in Suriname
1960First record
1984Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para2

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

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