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|accepted_name=Urochloa plantaginea
|accepted_authority=(Link) R.D. Webster
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|common_names=Plantain signalgrass
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brachiaria plantaginea
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Urochloa;Urochloa plantaginea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Urochloa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Urochloa plantaginea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 501
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual. <b>Culms</b> 20-100 cm, decumbent, geniculate, branching and rooting at the lower nodes; nodes glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> mostly glabrous, except the margins ciliate, with papillose-based hairs; ligules 0.5-1.5 mm; blades 3-21 cm long, 6-20 mm wide, glabrous, bases subcordate to cordate, clasping the stems, margins sometimes ciliate basally. <b>Panicles</b> 6-25 cm long, 2-7 cm wide, with 3-8 spikelike primary branches in 2 ranks; primary branches 2-11 cm, axes 1-1.5 mm wide, flat, margins scabrous; secondary branches absent; pedicels shorter than the spikelets, glabrous or scabrous. <b>Spikelets</b> (4)4.5-6 mm long, 1.9-2.2 mm wide, solitary, appressed to the branch axes, in 2 rows. <b>Glumes</b> separated by an internode of about 0.5 mm; lower glumes 1.5-2.5 mm, to 1/3 as long as the spikelets, broadly ovate, glabrous, 9-11-veined; upper glumes 3-4.2 mm, glabrous, 7(-9)-veined, without evident cross venation; lower florets sterile; lower lemmas 3-4.2 mm, glabrous, 5-veined; lower paleas present; upper lemmas 2.7-3.6 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, apices rounded; anthers 0.7-1 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 2-2.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36, 72.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;N.J.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Pa.;Ala.;Ark.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;S.C.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Urochloa plantaginea</i>, native to western and central Africa, is found from the southeastern United States to Argentina. It is now established in the southeastern United States, growing in loose sand and loam soils. Although considered a weed in the Flora area, Sendulsky (1978) stated that it provided good forage.</p><!--
--><p>Hall (1978) reported <i>Urochloa</i> oligobrachiata (Pilg.) Kartesz [as Brachiaria platytaenia Stapf] from Florida. This report was based on one collection, but the voucher specimen has not been verified. It is similar to <i>U. plantaginea</i>, but it differs in having acute to acuminate lower glumes and shortly awned upper lemmas. It is native to western Africa.</p>
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|authority=(Link) R.D. Webster
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|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Brachiaria plantaginea
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;N.J.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Pa.;Ala.;Ark.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;S.C.;Fla.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Urochloa
|species=Urochloa plantaginea
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