Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q. Nguyen (Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1966: 13. 1966.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (exotic), Central America (exotic), South America (exotic), Old World (native: tropical Africa), Common Names: Brachiaria (Cuba), Cabeza de burro (Dominican Republic), Herbe de Para (Haiti), Herbe para (Haiti), Hierba bruja (Cuba), Hierba de pará (Cuba), Hierba del paral (Cuba), Malojillo (Puerto Rico), Para grass (Bahamas), Para grass (Dominican Republic), Para grass (Jamaica), Paraná (Cuba), Yerba bruja (Cuba), Yerba de Pará (Dominican Republic), Yerba del pará (Cuba), Yerba del paral (Cuba), Yerba paez (Dominican Republic), Yerba país (Dominican Republic), Yerba pará (Cuba), Yerba paraná (Cuba), Z'herbe para (Dominican Republic), Z'herbe para (Haiti), Synonyms: Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf (Fl. Trop. Afr. 9(2): 526. 1919.), Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard (Blumea 3: 434. 1940.), Panicum barbinode Trin. (Sp. Gram. 3(27): t. 318. 1829-1830.), Panicum guadaloupense Steud. (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 61. 1853.), Panicum muticum Forssk. (Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 20. 1775.), Panicum purpurascens Raddi (Agrostogr. Bras. 47. 1823.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 3). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 4). Ekman, E.L. 1929. Plants observed on Tortue Island, Haiti. Ark. Bot. 22a(9): 1-61. 5). Fosberg, F.R. 1976. Revisions in the flora of St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands. Rhodora 78: 79-119. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 10). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 11). Proctor, G.R. 2012. Flora of the Cayman Islands, ed. 2, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom. 12). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 13). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 14). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. 15). Zuloaga, F.O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662. Last edited 15 May 14 |