Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen, 2022

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen View in CoL

Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q. Nguyen (1966) View in CoL 13. — Panicum muticum Forssk.(1775) View in CoL 20. — Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf (1919) View in CoL 526. — Type: Forsskål 86 (holo C [C10002726]), Egypt, Rosettae, no date.

Panicum numidianum Lam. (1791) View in CoL 172. — Brachiaria numidiana (Lam.) Henrard (1940) View in CoL 434. — Type: Poiret s.n. (holo P-LAM [P00563876]; iso BAA (fragm.) [ BAA00002372 ],P [P 02251376]), Numidia [ Algeria],no date.

Panicum purpurascens Raddi (1823) View in CoL 47. — Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard (1940) View in CoL 434. — Lectotype (designated by Baldini & Longhi Wagner 2006): Raddi s.n. (lecto PI [PI000236]; isolecto FI [FI004585], K [K000282110], US [ US 00345322]), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, no date.

Distribution — Native to much of northern, western and Central Africa; introduced to Somalia, Tanzania, Madagascar, Israel, Syria and Yemen, and to most of Central and South America, South and South-East Asia and Australia.

Nomenclatural notes — Vorontsova (2022) cites a duplicate of the type of Panicum muticum being present at BM, but we have not seen that. Since she also cites a locality different from that given in the protologue (Rosettae), we have some doubts as to whether it actually represents a duplicate.