Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Brachiaria mutica
malojillo, hierba pará, para grass
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
Year of first record: 1964
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Brachiaria mutica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15739. Accessed 29 April 2025.