Urochloa (common name signalgrass) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include signalgrass. Species 1. \n* Urochloa brachyura (Hack.) Stapf - E + S Africa 2. \n* Urochloa echinolaenoides Stapf - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia 3. \n* Urochloa fusca B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin Browntop signalgrass - southern United States to Argentina 4. \n* Urochloa glumaris (Trin.) Veldkamp – Thurston grass - southern China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcon, islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans 5. \n* Urochloa longifolia B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu - Yunnan 6. \n* Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy - Africa, Madagascar 7. \n* Urochloa oligotricha (Fig. & De Not.) Henrard - Africa 8. \n* Urochloa olivacea Sánchez-Ken - western