Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
115246018 Apr 2021T Alegria
T Alegria
MA Hyde
In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1563-17.80445931.1377417
100657023 Mar 2019MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Disturbed ground near the summitThe Kopje, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1520-17.84043631.0381396
98566001 Aug 2018BT Wursten
AB Potter
BT Wursten
Margin of sandforest Along sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 140Mozambique1834C4 MS36-18.96217034.3433507
76874017 Jan 2017BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten
In rocky mixed woodland on basalt. Gorges Lodge, Dibu Dibu Communal Area, Victoria Falls1950Zimbabwe1725D4 W887-17.99760025.9430807
69092025 Jan 2016BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
In disturbed open mixed woodland.Layby by road between Kadoma and Chegutu.0Zimbabwe1830A3 C1195-18.25620030.0000807
96687019 Apr 2015BT Wursten
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside areas At fuel station, Inchope 0Mozambique1933B2 MS246-19.20426033.9361307
68481015 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed margin of woodlandBy railway crossing at Zaka Road near Nandi. 0Zimbabwe2031D4 S413-20.94181131.7715997
121265012 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Open woodland with riverine fringePicnic site at Runde river opposite Chilojo Cliffs. 1600Zimbabwe2132A3 S209-21.44280032.0857206
64608011 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
MA Hyde
Mixed deciduous woodland.Road to Chipinda Pools in Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve.300Zimbabwe2131B2 S391-21.01839531.8350946
64651011 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Somewhat disturbed very open stunted woodland.Chipinda Pools tented camp, Gonarezhou National Park.1600Zimbabwe2131B4 S307-21.28276831.9135977
117439008 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
T Mutombeni
DL Muzengi
B Madden
BT Wursten
Disturbed remnant open woodland and regenerating old cultivated fields.Road to Mozambique Border, Mahenye0Zimbabwe2132A4 E165-21.31144032.4699407
117455008 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
T Mutombeni
DL Muzengi
B Madden
BT Wursten
Disturbed remnant open woodland and regenerating old cultivated fields.Mozambique-Zimbabwe Border0Mozambique2132A4 MS164-21.31765032.4806707
117498008 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
T Mutombeni
DL Muzengi
B Madden
BT Wursten
Disturbed remnant open woodland and regenerating old cultivated fields.Zimbabwe-Mozambique Border0Zimbabwe2132A4 E164-21.31721032.4799107
64441002 Jan 2015BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Very disturbed soils along roadside pavement.Chiredzi town centre.0Zimbabwe2131B1 S426-21.04438931.6706087
84901521 Jan 2014BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB2025
MSM Sosef
BR

Roadside vegetationAlong Zvishavane road west of Masvingo0Zimbabwe2030B1 S1112-20.04496030.7401107
54080004 Jan 2013AA Alfaca
AA Alfaca
03-04-01-2013
C Chapano
TCT-CatapĂș

RoadsideVia Entrada, S. side820Mozambique1835A1 MS90-18.03786735.1964837
80569027 Mar 2012AM Isaiah
T Komi
AM Isaiah
T Komi
s.n.
GAB

Botswana National Botanic Garden, Gaberone0Botswana2425D2 SE985Cited in Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden, Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015).-24.66726025.9449705
38082006 Jan 2012MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Rocky miombo woodlandBy Birchenough Bridge to Masvingo road
13
0Zimbabwe1931D3 S1000-19.93689031.6916406
36759017 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open woodlandNear Nyakasikana Gate, on main road to Mana Pools59
9
0Zimbabwe1629A2 N480-16.05614029.4091507
36688016 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open mopane woodlandMana Pools, by main road to camp59
9
0Zimbabwe1529C4 N370-15.76129029.3694107
36630014 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Riverine vegetationLong Pool Viewing Point, Mana Pools59
9
0Zimbabwe1529C2 N370-15.74743029.3586507
36514013 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Muddy, somewhat disturbed, riverine vegetationNear lodges, Mana Pools NP59
9
0Zimbabwe1529C2 N360-15.72131029.3619607
27356011 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open woodland with scattered shrubs and small treesBy road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area
6
0Zimbabwe1825B4 W1060-18.47607025.9042000
27184009 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Disturbed grassy areaDeteema Dam Hide5
6
0Zimbabwe1826C1 W980-18.67371026.1466200
27036008 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Riverine vegetationNear Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP5
6
0Zimbabwe1826C2 W940-18.63969026.2742100
26831007 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open sandy roadside verge in Kalahari sand woodlandBy road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP5
6
0Zimbabwe1826D3 W1070-18.82485026.7431500
26768006 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Grassy area with clumps of trees by a roadside panBy road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
6
0Zimbabwe1827C1 W1080-18.58318027.0237600
26657005 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Disturbed ground near lodges in Acacia erioloba woodlandHwange NP, Main Camp5
6
0Zimbabwe1826D2 W1080-18.73548026.9527100
25373008 Jan 2009MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Weedy roadside vergeNear entrance to Chinhoyi Caves0Zimbabwe1730A3 N1240-17.35723030.1290000
53752031 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1341
MSM Sosef
BR

Full sun behind dam wall, among grass & weeds in disturbed rocky woodlandHillside Dams, Bulawayo22,81
4
0Zimbabwe2028B1 W1400-20.19993028.6209706
20506030 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
In garden66, Duncan Rd, Suburbs, Bulawayo81
4
0Zimbabwe2028B1 PH669695W13700
20158025 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Rocky ground in mopane-Terminalia-Commiphora woodlandNear Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River9
4
0Zimbabwe2129C3 QF268745S580-21.92215029.1952906
53740325 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1312
MA Hyde
MSM Sosef
BR

In full sun among grass & weeds in dry wooded grassland Shashe Wilderness Camp, Tuli9
4
0Zimbabwe2129C3 QF268745S580-21.92215029.1952906
19872022 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
In grassy area with young treesGolden Mile Motel, Kwekwe
4
0Zimbabwe1829D4 QK950027C12400
40453128 Jan 2007BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB378
P Ballings
BR

LMU

Disturbed stony groundChitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.140Mozambique1834C4 MS37-18.97898634.3521767
4849314 Jan 2006MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Open miombo woodlandMukuvisi Woodland, office area1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 TR974272C1490-17.83651031.0879606
95023019 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1308
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Rundu - Divundu main road0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A1 109270 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high, ascendant grass. Culms geniculate, rooting at nodes, nodes thickened. Plant softly pubescent. Leaves ovate, margin ciliate, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, spikelets secund. Occasional, in gravel along roadverge.-18.00111021.0591702
26083009 Nov 1996MA Hyde
M Silva-Jones
A MacNaughtan
T Ball
Shady riverine areaBelow dam wall, Empress Mine, Zhombe CL. Kwekwe District0Zimbabwe1829A4 QK550578C10000
17954014 Feb 1989MA Hyde
RoadsideDrew Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 UR004331C00
17952014 Jan 1989MA Hyde
Path to S of Mukuvisi River1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 TR969258C00
17953020 Dec 1988MA Hyde
RoadsideHarry Pichanick Drive10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR956327C00
94367015 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
270
WIND

Caprivi: 7 km along the turn-off to Chinchimane from the National road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 0Graminoid; Notes: Tufted annual grass, up to 60 cm when in flower. Culms ascending but slightly geniculate at base, fresh-green becoming straw-coloured, relatively slender, terete, with scattered long, white indumentum, nodes broadly brown-banded with dense, short, white velutinous indumentum. Leaf blades narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, gradually tapering to an acute apex, expanded, 80-200 x 7-15 mm, softly textured, bright green, mostly ascending but occasionally spreading, glabrous, margin hyaline, minutely sinuate with conspicuous stiff, white, falcate, bulbous-based indumentum, base somewhat auriculate. Ligule a semi-circular ridge bearing a fringe of long, white, stiff hairs extending conspicuously onto the collar. Leaf sheath about 60 mm long, overlapping, paler green, with dense, long, white, indumentum, imbricate at base but otherwise loosely arranged around culm. Inflorescence a panicle of spaced racemes, ellipsoid in outline, 10-15 cm long, borne on extremely slender, glabrous peduncle. Spathe lacking. Raceme about 9 cm long, not rigid, alternate, densely velutinous at point of junction between primary and secondary axes. Spikelet ellipsoid 4 x 2 mm, apex aristate. Glumes membranous, greenish, with long white indumentum concentrated at base and along margins. 2 flowers/spikelet, lower sterile, upper both male and female. Stigma branches dark brown. Spikelets arranged in 2 rows. Terminalia sericea woodland.-17.87500024.1250004
94723009 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
186
WIND

Caprivi: Near Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0Graminoid; Notes: Tender, tufted, perennial grass, up to 50 cm when in flower. Culms thick, fairly flaccid, mainly prostrate, bright green, canaliculate with dense long white indumentum. Leaf blade broadly linear, up to 40 x 2 cm, yellow-green with white adpressed indumentum, thinly textured. Ligule a dense band of long white hairs. Leaf sheath about 10 cm long, fairly loosely circumculmate. Inflorescence a spaced raceme, up to 3cm long. Spikelets arranged alternately in 2 rows, small, about 1.5 mm long, ovoid, 2-flowered. (lower male, upper female) Glume green to pink, smaller than spikelet. Lemma with fine white, inconspicuous indumentum, apex aristate. Anthers large, 1 mm long, well exerted; pollen golden yellow. In Terminalia sericea woodland.-17.87500024.6250004
17951019 Jan 1988MA Hyde
RoadsideBoshoff Drive10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR925229C00
17950018 Jan 1988MA Hyde
Cnr of Greendale Avenue / Cecil Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR993287C00
17949016 Jan 1988MA Hyde
Roadside (red soil)Glen Helen Way10Zimbabwe1731C1 UR046369C00
17948009 Jan 1988MA Hyde
RoadsideHarare Drive, nr intersection with Lomagundi Rd10Zimbabwe1730D4 C00
17947005 Dec 1987MA Hyde
RoadsideHarare Drive, Ardbennie10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR890220C00
17946024 May 1987MA Hyde
Roadside weedSamora Machel Avenue10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR884280C00
17945004 May 1987MA Hyde
Roadside weedChurchill Rd East10Zimbabwe1731C3 C00
94912013 Jan 1959DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick
OA Leistner
3343
WIND

Locally common in moist part of mopane veld.Caprivi: Mpilila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930Graminoid. Erect culms, 2 feet tall.-17.78330025.2075005
94769028 Dec 1958DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick
OA Leistner
3161
WIND

Caprivi: Katima Mulilo. Linyanti area.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D4 0Graminoid; Notes: Locally frequent at the edge of a large pool near Linyanti. Erect culms, about 2 feet high. Altitude: about 3000 feet.-17.87500024.8750004

Total records found: 52



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Records of: Urochloa trichopus.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=107020, retrieved 28 March 2024

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