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Urochloa arizonica

Arizona signal grass

2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1941

First collected

1976

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1940s1970s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1941 by Angostura, L.; Santos, J.V. (Grasses of the Region of the Rio De Bavispe. Northeastern Sonora, Mexico). The Museum last collected it in 1976; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 26, 2026.

From the collection

Urochloa arizonica, 746535

Alive today

210 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.