View source for Urochloa reptans

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|accepted_name=Urochloa reptans
|accepted_authority=(L.) Stapf
|publications=
|common_names=Sprawling signalgrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Panicum reptans
|authority=unknown
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|name=Brachiaria reptans
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Urochloa;Urochloa reptans
|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 reptans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 494
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual; forming sprawling mats. <b>Culms</b> 10-35 cm, prostrate to decumbent; nodes glabrous or sparsely puberulent. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous or sparsely pubscent, margins densely ciliate; ligules 0.5-1 mm; blades 2-6 cm long, 4-15 mm wide, adaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent with papillose-based hairs, margins ciliate basally. <b>Panicles</b> 1.5-6(8) cm long, 4-5 cm wide, ovoid, with 3-16 spikelike branches in more than 2 ranks; primary branches 1-4 cm long, 0.2-0.5 mm wide, flat, scabrous; secondary branches occasionally present; pedicels shorter than the spikelets, scabrous, glabrous or with long hairs distally. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.8-2.2 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, mostly in pairs, in 2-4 rows, appressed to the branches. <b>Glumes</b> scarcely separate, rachilla internodes short, not pronounced; lower glumes 0.2-0.6 mm, 1/5 – 1/4 as long as the spikelets, 0-1-veined; upper glumes 1.7-2.1 mm, glabrous, 7-veined, without cross venation; lower florets sterile or staminate; lower lemmas 1.7-2.1 mm, glabrous, 5-veined, without cross venation; lower paleas present; upper lemmas 1.5-1.8 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, apices rounded, mucronate, mucros to about 0.1 mm; anthers 0.4-0.6 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 0.8-1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14(18).</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Fla.
|discussion=<p>Urochloa reptans is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, growing in disturbed habitats. In the Flora region, it is found primarily in Texas and Louisiana.</p>
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name=Urochloa reptans
|author=
|authority=(L.) Stapf
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Panicum reptans;Brachiaria reptans
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_1314.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Urochloa
|species=Urochloa reptans
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