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Scientific Name | Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Panicum helopus Trin., Panicum helopus Trin. var. glabrescens (K.Schum.) Stapf, Urochloa ruschii Pilg. |
Common Names | Annual Signal Grass (e), Beesgras (a), Bore-ba-ntja (ss), Eenjarige Sinjaalgras (a), Garden Grass (e), Herringbone Grass (e), Kurimanna (a), Kuri-millet (e), Poke (e), Tuingras (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across Africa, occurring as far south as eastern South Africa. It extends as far as Yemen and India, and has been introduced to Australia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Damp areas with clay soils. It is a weed of disturbed and overgrazed places, gardens and cultivated lands. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. | LC | 2017.1 | |
Bibliography |
Clayton, W.D. 1989. Gramineae. In: E. Launert and G.V. Pope (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 3):1-220. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. and Nembudani, M.T. 2015. Identification guide to southern African grasses. Strelitzia 36. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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