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| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | LILIOPSIDA | CYPERALES | GRAMINEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Brachiaria eruciformis |
| Species Authority: | (Sm.) Griseb. |
| Synonym/s: |
Echinochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Rchb.
Echinochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Rchb.
Echinochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Rchb.
Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp
Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp
Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp
Panicum eruciforme Sm.
Panicum eruciforme Sm.
Panicum eruciforme Sm.
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Assessor/s: | Kumar, B. |
| Reviewer/s: | Sadasivaiah, B., Bhat, G.K., Rao, M.L.V., Karuppasamy, S., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S. |
| Contributor/s: | Molur, S. |
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Justification: Brachiaria eruciformis is a common and a widely distributed species with no known major threats. It is therefore Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | B. eruciformis has a sub-cosmopolitan distribution; absent mainly from the northern parts of the northern hemisphere. It extends from Mediterranean Europe east through the Caucasus and Middle East to China. It occurs throughout much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australia as well as the Caribbean and southern South America. In India it occurs in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Cook 1996, Kabeer and Nair 2009, Rao and Kumari 2008, Lakshminarasimhan1996). |
| Countries: | Native: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; Croatia; Cyprus; Egypt; Ethiopia; France; Greece (Kriti); India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia; Italy (Italy (mainland), Sicilia); Jordan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lebanon; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malaysia; Montenegro; Morocco; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Philippines; Serbia (Serbia, Serbia); Singapore; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Turkey; Viet Nam |
| Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
| Population: | It is a common species throughout its range. |
| Population Trend: |
Stable
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It is a annual, common weed in cultivated fields, sometimes grows in roadsides, damp places, ditches, waste places and also as weed of coffee plantations (Cook 1996, Lakshminarasimhan and Sharma 1991, Kabeer and Nair 2009). |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
No threats have been reported for this species. |
| Conservation Actions: | No conservation actions are known to be taken for this species. |
| Citation: | Kumar, B. 2011. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013. |
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