Brachiaria — 17 species
Botanical species in the genus Brachiaria recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Brachiaria brizantha
Brachiaria brizantha
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria brizantha is found wild mainly in the wetter tropics. It is well adapted to the humid and sub-humid tropics where it can withstand dry seasons of up to 5 months, it can also succeed in cultivation in warm temperate areas. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 25 - 35°c, but can tolerate 15 - 38°c.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria decumbens
Brachiaria decumbens
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria decumbens is a plant of the tropical zone, where it is found between latitudes 27° north and south, at elevations up to 1,800 metres. It succeeds in areas will all year rainfall and also where a dry season is up to 5 months long. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 25 - 35°c, but can tolerate 19- 38°c.
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Brachiaria deflexa
Brachiaria deflexa
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a slightly shady location. Grows best in a well-drained, fertile soil. Established plants are drought tolerant.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria dictyoneura
Brachiaria dictyoneura
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria dictyoneura is well adapted to the humid and sub-humid tropics, at elevations up to 1,800 metres, where it withstands dry periods of up to 4 - 5 months. It is found in areas where the mean annual rainfall is within the range 1,500 - 3,500mm. The plant grows well on a wide range of soils, provided they are well drained, including acid and highly aluminium-saturated soils of low fertility.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria distachya
Brachiaria distachya
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria distachya is adapted to humid tropical lowlands, with rain all year round or with monsoons and a dry season. It can also succeed in warm temperate climates where winters are mild and frosts are few or none. The plant prefers full sun but can grow under light shady conditions such as occur in old coconut plantations or orchards.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria fasciculata
Brachiaria fasciculata
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria fasciculata has a wide native range from the warm temperate zone of southern S. America, through the tropical regions of the Americas to the southern States of the USA.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria mutica
Brachiaria mutica
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria mutia is a plant of the warm, moist tropics, usually at low elevations. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 21 - 30°c, but can tolerate 15 - 46°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,200 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 900 - 4,100mm.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria praetervisa
Brachiaria praetervisa
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria praetervisa is found from the warm temperate regions of southeastern Australia to the tropics of northern Australia. It grows successfully in a wide range of climates from arid through to humid. This species has a wide distribution and tolerance of a broad range of habitats, including several different ecoregions and a wide range of elevations
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria ramosa
Brachiaria ramosa
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria ramosa is a plant of the wet, seasonally dry and semi-arid tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 2,500 metres. It is also cultivated in some warm temperate regions, such as southeastern USA. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 17 - 26°c, but can tolerate 9 - 32°c.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria reptans
Brachiaria reptans
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
The plant is a weed of agricultural fields, moderately common amongst sugarcane, and also invades lawns and heavily-grazed pastures.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria subquadripara
Brachiaria subquadripara
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
Brachiaria subquadripara is widely adapted to the warm lowland tropics, but it is particularly suited to monsoon environments. It can also succeed in warm temperate climates where winters are mild and frosts are few or none. Prefers medium to light-textured soils of medium to high fertility.
Full cultivation guide →Brachiaria villosa
Brachiaria villosa
Family: Poaceae
Cultivation
The plant is a weed of cultivation, invading first year fallows and all arable crops. It is particularly troublesome in The Gambia in fields of maize, millet and ground-nuts.
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