Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf

malojillo, hierba pará, para grass

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Cyperales

Family
Poaceae

Genus
Brachiaria

Species
mutica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Panicum purpurascens Raddi; Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen, fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1964

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Porter, D.M. (1984) Endemism and Evolution in Terrestrial Plants. In: Perry, R. (ed.): Key Environments Galapagos. Pergamon Press, Oxford, p. 85-99.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Brachiaria mutica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15739. Accessed 29 April 2025.