What is "urochloa"

Urochloa (common name signalgrass) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include signalgrass.

1. Urochloa brachyura (Hack.) Stapf - E + S Africa
2. Urochloa echinolaenoides Stapf - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
3. Urochloa fusca B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin Browntop signalgrass - southern United States to Argentina
4. Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp – Thurston grass - southern China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcon, islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans
5. Urochloa longifolia B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu - Yunnan
6. Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy - Africa, Madagascar
7. Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard - Africa
8. Urochloa olivacea Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico ( Colima, Nayarit)
9. Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. – panic liverseed grass - Africa, southern Asia
10. Urochloa pauciflora Sánchez-Ken - western Mexico ( Jalisco, Michoacán)
11. Urochloa platyrrhachis C.E.Hubb. - Zambia, Zaïre
12. Urochloa rudis Stapf - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
13. Urochloa sclerochlaena Chiov - Ethiopia, Kenya
14. Urochloa setigera (Retz.) Stapf - Indian subcon, southern China, Southeast Asia
15. Urochloa trichopodioides (Mez & K.Schum.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen - Zaïre, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia
16. Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf - drier parts of Africa, Arabian Pen
17. Urochloa venosa (Swallen) Morrone & Zuloaga - western Mexico ( Michoacán)

Numerous species once considered members of Urochloa but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Alloteropsis Brachiaria Ixophorus Oplismenus Panicum Rupichloa