Urochloa fusca (Sw.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin (Novon 11: 368. 2001.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Gonave, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Caja de Muertos, Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Barba de indio (Dominican Republic), Brown panic-grass (Bahamas), Browntop millet (Bahamas), Browntop millet (Jamaica), Cabeza de indio (Dominican Republic), Hebre quiquitte (Haiti), Herbe pintade (Haiti), Herbe quinquette (Haiti), Súrbana (Cuba), Yerba de indio (Dominican Republic), Yerba de Pará (Dominican Republic), Z'herbe pintade (Haiti), Z'herbe quinquette (Haiti),
Synonyms: Brachiaria fasciculata (Sw.) S.T. Blake (Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 81: 4. 1969.), Panicum fasciculatum Sw. (Prodr. 22. 1788.), Panicum flavescens Sw. (Prodr. 23. 1788.), Panicum fuscum Sw. (Prodr. 23. 1788.), Urochloa fasciculata (Sw.) R.D. Webster (Austral. Paniceae (Poaceae) 235. 1987.),
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