Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton

Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton View in CoL

Urochloa nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) Torres Gonz. & C.M.Morton (2005) View in CoL 42. — Panicum nigropedatum Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern (1881) View in CoL 29. — Brachiaria nigropedata (Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern) Stapf (1919) View in CoL 535. — Lectotype (designated here): Burchell 2610 (lecto K [K000282179]), South Africa, between Knegts Fontein & Klip Fontein, 26 Dec. 1812.

Panicum melanotylum Hack. (1889) View in CoL 398. — Brachiaria melanotyla (Hack.) Henrard (1940) View in CoL 436. — Lectotype (designated here): Marloth 1091 (lecto W [W19160023602]; isolecto K [K000282181], US [ US 00148290, US00- 902279]), Bechuanaland [ Botswana], prope Kuruman, Feb. 1886.

Distribution — Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and further south throughout southern Africa.

Nomenclatural notes — The protologue of Panicum nigropedatum cites four syntypes, three collected in South Africa by Burchell (numbers 2391, 2577 and 2610) and one other collected in 1870 by Baines (s.n.) in the South-African Gold-fields. All material was located at K. Because Burchell 2391 and 2577 are mounted on the same sheet, and the Baines collection is on a sheet together with Marlot 1091, the type of P. melanotylum , which might cause some confusion in the future, we decided to select Burchell 2610 as the lectotype. It is also the richest material amongst the four syntypes .