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Poaceae

Sporobolus

Sporobolus brevipilis (Torr.) P.M.Peterson

First published in Taxon 63: 1233 (2014)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is New Jersey to South Carolina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

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Native to:

New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

Homotypic Synonyms

Ammophila brevipilis (Torr.) Benth. ex Vasey in Grass. U.S.: 52 (1883)
Arundo brevipilis Torr. in Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 95 (1823)
Calamagrostis brevipilis (Torr.) L.C.Beck in Bot. North. Middle States: 401 (1833)
Calamovilfa brevipilis (Torr.) Scribn. in True Grasses: 113 (1890)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Calamovilfa brevipilis var. calvipes Fernald in Rhodora 41: 501 (1939)
Calamovilfa brevipilis var. heterolepis Fernald in Rhodora 41: 502 (1939)
Calamovilfa brevipilis var. typica Fernald in Rhodora 41: 502 (1939), not validly publ.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Poales

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Family
Poaceae

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Genus
Sporobolus

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Species
Sporobolus brevipilis

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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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
- Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0