Poaceae
Velvet signal grass
Urochloa serrata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Urochloa
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Fluweelsinjaalgras
- English
- Velvet signal grass
Synonyms
- Brachiaria andongensis (Rendle) Stapf
- Brachiaria brachylopha Stapf
- Brachiaria serrata (Thunb.) Stapf
- Brachiaria serrata var. gossypina (T.Durand & Schinz) Stapf
- Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst.
- Holcus serratus Thunb.
- Panicum andongense Rendle
- Panicum brachylophum (Stapf) A.Chev.
- Panicum gossypinum A.Rich.
- Panicum nigropedatum var. basipiliferum Chiov.
- Panicum scopuliferum Trin.
- Panicum serratum var. brachylophum (Stapf) A.Chev.
- Panicum serratum var. gossypinum T.Durand & Schinz
- Panicum serratum var. hirtum Kuntze
- Panicum serratum var. holosericeum T.Durand & Schinz
- Sorghum serratum (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult.
- Tricholaena abbreviata K.Schum.
Photos
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.