Urochloa_fusca

<i>Urochloa fusca</i>

Urochloa fusca

Species of grass

Urochloa fusca, the browntop signalgrass,[1] is a wild grass species with a native range extending from Paraguay in South America to the southern United States (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma),[2][3] and it is now found as a weed in Australia.[2][4] The species is diploid, with a base chromosome number of 9,[5] and utilizes the PCK enzymatic subtype of C4 photosynthesis. Based on a molecular phylogeny of the genus Urochloa, the closest relatives of U. fusca are Urochloa arizonica and Urochloa mollis[6] The genome of U. fusca is currently being sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute.[7][8]

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Ecology

Prefers moist and the disturbed areas at low elevations.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Urochloa fusca". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Urochloa fusca | GrassWorld".
  3. [3]
    "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin".
  4. [4]
    "Herbarium".
  5. [5]
    Osvaldo Morrone, Alejandro Escobar, and Fernando O. Zuloaga, Chromosome Studies in American Panicoideae (POACEAE) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 2006 93 (4), 647-657
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    Diego L. Salariato, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Liliana M. Giussani, Osvaldo Morrone, Molecular phylogeny of the subtribe Melinidinae (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) and evolutionary trends in the homogenization of inflorescences, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 56, Issue 1, July 2010, Pages 355-369, ISSN 1055-7903
  7. [7]
    "Urochloa fusca LBJWC-52 (ID 234780) - BioProject - NCBI".
  8. [8]
    "JGI GOLD | Project".


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