Sporobolus R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 169 (1810), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Desventurados Is., District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Central American Pac, Cook Is., Denmark, Easter Is., Germany, Gilbert Is., Ireland, Kermadec Is., Madeira, Nauru, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Pitcairn Is., Primorye, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., St.Helena, Switzerland, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Prod. 169 (1810).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Prodr.: 169 (1810).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 169 (1810)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 24, 2009 Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2390] Thailand K000648144 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Smitinand, T. [1609] Thailand K000648145 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Marcan, A. [2337] Thailand K000648146 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R.; Valdes-Reyna, J. [10000] Mexico K000334691 No
Dec 1, 1988 Quartin-Dillon et Petis [s.n.] Ethiopia K000365282 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1889 Wallich [3769] India K000245608 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1889 s.coll. [s.n.] India K001079379 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 18, 1833 s.coll. [931] India K000245152 Type Yes
Hooker, J. [3774] K000245606 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3772] K001119979 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rich, H.H. [871] India K002094695 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56163] Iran K002093949 Yes
s.coll. [774] Brazil K001075606 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3773] K001119980 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3768] K001119970 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chisholm, H.; Davidson [s.n.] India K002094690 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3768] K001119971 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3765] K001119967 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bryan, E.H. (Jr.) [1071] United States K002435687 No
Farille, M.A. [81-823] Nepal K001612191 Yes
Salvin & Godman [335] Guatemala K001615033 Yes
S.Coll. [S.n.] Mexico K002409774 Yes
Rabarimanarivo, S.M.; Porembski, S.; Giebelmann.; Werner, J. [831] Madagascar K001890555 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075609 Yes
{Necker, W.L.; Johnson; Necker} [246] United States K002435685 No
Drummond, J.R. [21324] India K002094692 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3765] India K001119966 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3771] K001119975 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3771] K001119977 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [27042] India K002094239 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.R. [1522] Argentina K001905600 No
Sokpon, N.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [516] Benin K001562078 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3765] K001119965 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berwick, S. [201] India K002094693 Yes
Barter, C. [1395] K000365299 Type Yes
Chevalier [20855] K000365309 Isotype Yes
Chevalier [20855] K000365310 Isotype Yes
[13815] Angola K001604577 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8883] India K001131769 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.R. [05389] United States K001614298 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [35282] United States K002435688 No
Pringle, C.G. [2447] Mexico K000308846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9136] Thailand K000621577 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9136] Thailand K000621576 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9136] Thailand K000621575 Yes
Coll. Nat. d'Agric. de Dschang [1796] Cameroon K000182217 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075608 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23238] India K002094240 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56114] Iran K002093950 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3771] K001119976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Patunkar, B.W. [1816] India K002094245 Yes
Chevalier [22075] Cote d'Ivoire K000365324 Type Yes
Chevalier [22075] Cote d'Ivoire K000365298 Isotype Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3769] India K001119972 Unknown Type Material Yes
Starr, F.; Starr, K. [080603-01] United States K002435742 No
Raulerson, L. [15627] United States K002435691 No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5498] Tanzania K000190728 Yes
Patunkar, B.W. [1696] India K002094246 Yes
Marcan, A. [2337] Thailand K000621578 Yes
Marcan, A. [2337] Thailand K000621579 Yes
Glaziou [16595] Brazil K001075610 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C. R. [11736] Argentina K001614575 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C. R. [11334] Argentina K001614551 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56521] Iran K002093951 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.R. [11592] Argentina K001769985 No
Curtis, A.H. [3378] United States K000907258 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3771] K001119978 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002094691 Yes
Rosengurtt [B - 6200] Uruguay K000308867 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3770] India K001119974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verloove, F. [7059] Spain K002093972 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5540] Tanzania K000468884 Yes
Sharma, M.L. [242] India K002094247 Yes
Filgueiras, T.S. [860] Brazil K001075613 Yes
Clayton, D. [5617] Sri Lanka K002094697 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3767] Nepal K001119969 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Stapt] [s.n.] K002093952 Yes
Starr, F.; Starr, K. [080210-01] United States K002435741 No
Goudie, A.S.; Sands, M.J.S.; Livingstone, I. [4997] Australia K002435609 Yes
Hosaka, E.Y. [3072] United States K002435686 No
Rich, H.H. [882] India K002094696 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [9073] India K002094241 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.; Lee, E.Y.T. [34557] Brazil K001075614 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [23792] India K002094242 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [31812] United States K002435689 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094694 Yes
Ribas, O.S.; Cordeiro, J.; Costa, E.F. [5114] Brazil K001075615 Yes
Wingate, G. [s.n.] India K002094689 Yes
Macedo, A. [5074] Brazil K001075617 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [59626] United States K002435690 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3766] K001119968 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [59857] United States K002435684 No
Wallich, N. [3769] India K000907386 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [1975] United States K000307939 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001075607 Yes
Wallich, N. [3769] India K000245145 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17439] Brazil K000308862 Type Yes
Richl? [2331] Brazil K000308861 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3774] Nepal K001119982 Unknown Type Material Yes
Filgueiras, T.S. [1309] Brazil K001075612 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3769] India K001119973 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Zelma, F.J. [50009] Brazil K001075616 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3773] K001119981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gould, F.W.; Roy, G.P. [13015] India K002094243 Yes
Curtis, A.H. [5181] United States K000907257 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, T. [437] Mozambique K000613873 Yes
Saldanha, C.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP 538] India K002094248 Yes
Secco, R.S. [218] Brazil K001102007 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [4943] Mexico K000308847 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [11586] Brazil K001075611 Yes
{Roxb.} [347] India K002094244 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8883] India K001131770 Unknown Type Material Yes
Norris, J.J. [142] Pakistan Crypsis K002938886 Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4765] Brazil Spartina K001075706 Yes
Noël, P. [98] French Southern and Antarctic Lands Spartina K001572081 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [4297] Brazil Spartina K001075710 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17214] Brazil Spartina K000003304 Yes
Drumond, T. [s.n.] United States Spartina K000885861 Unknown Type Material Yes
Salzmann [0] Brazil Spartina K000003307 Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4684] Brazil Spartina K001075707 Yes
Jolinon, J. C. [955] French Southern and Antarctic Lands Spartina K001598626 Yes
Jolinon, J.-C. [1151] French Southern and Antarctic Lands Spartina K001611261 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Fontella, J.P. [20865] Brazil Spartina K001075716 Yes
Araujo, D. [1368] Brazil Spartina K001075711 Yes
Luetzelburg, P.V. [348] Brazil Spartina K000003305 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [207] United States Spartina K000885863 Type Yes
Drummond, T. [80] United States Spartina K000885862 Unknown Type Material Yes
Salzmann [0] Brazil Spartina K000003306 Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4683] Brazil Spartina K001075709 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22412] Brazil Spartina K001075718 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Guimarães, O. [21401] Brazil Spartina K001075717 Yes
Gardner, G. [6110] Brazil Spartina K001075719 Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4720] Brazil Spartina K001075708 Yes
Silva, J.M. [572] Brazil Spartina K001075715 Yes
Araujo, D. [1444] Brazil Spartina K001075705 Yes

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