Urochloa fusca
Species of grass
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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]
| Urochloa fusca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Urochloa |
| Species: | U. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Urochloa fusca B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin | |
| Synonyms | |
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Brachiaria fasciculata | |
Ecology
Prefers moist and the disturbed areas at low elevations.[4]
