Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus centrifugus (Trin.) Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 158 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to South Sudan and S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Congo, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Vilfa centrifuga Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 57 (1839)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 45 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 548 (1956).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 61 (1958).
  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 158 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Smook, L. [5011] South Africa K002936320 Yes
[H. G. Leweicheer] [1683] South Africa K002936332 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1016] South Africa K002936322 Yes
Jarman, N. [51] South Africa K002936341 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [651] South Africa K002936357 Yes
Davidse, G. [6790] South Africa K002936347 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1789] Cameroon K000182222 Yes
s.coll. [28344] South Africa K002936375 Yes
Fisher, B.S. [1151] Zimbabwe K002439885 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1735] South Africa K002936319 Yes
Fisher; Schweickerdt [34] South Africa K002936348 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [28344] South Africa K002936372 Yes
Hoener, F.K. [2133] Lesotho K002936377 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [922] South Africa K002936360 Yes
Mohle, G.L. [243] South Africa K002936321 Yes
Buchanan [297] South Africa K000365134 Type Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3965] South Africa K000365137 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. (Rev.) [92] South Africa K002936365 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17909] South Africa K002936362 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9374] South Africa K002936336 Yes
Boidge, E., M. [H 19813] South Africa K000365136 Type Yes
Williamson, J. [3] South Africa K002936370 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11938] Malawi K002439878 Yes
Jackson, G. [962] Malawi K002439876 Yes
Buehunan, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002936367 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [662] South Africa K002936333 Yes
McClean, A.P.D. [952] South Africa K002936369 Yes
Fisher, B.S. [1151] Zimbabwe K002439886 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2803] South Africa K002936323 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [13625] South Africa K002936363 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1049] Lesotho K002936379 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6890] South Africa K002936339 Yes
Pawek, J. [10312] Malawi K002439877 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17228] South Africa K002936345 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [215] South Africa K002936326 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [1318] Sudan K002437211 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1793] South Africa K002936352 Yes
Jackson G. [2505] Cameroon K000182216 Yes
[A. Pieterters] [6328] Lesotho K002936376 No
Tyson, W. [1473] 27CPPOO K000365140 Type Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K002439875 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6890] South Africa K002936338 Yes
Abbott, A. [319] South Africa K002936364 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20137] South Africa K002936337 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [1650] Sudan K002437213 Yes
Smook, L. [1059] South Africa K002936361 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [6009] South Africa K002936334 Yes
Fisher; Schweickerdt [22] South Africa K002936351 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1529] South Africa K002936355 Yes
Deverish, N.J. [824] South Africa K002936327 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2149(a)] South Africa K002936324 Yes
West, O. [11607] Zimbabwe K002439884 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7458] South Africa K002936343 Yes
Smook, L. [1050] South Africa K002936340 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002439887 Yes
Drege [184] South Africa K000365139 Type Yes
Simon, B.K. [930] Zimbabwe K002439883 Yes
M.S.M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936353 Yes
s.coll. [28456] South Africa K002936366 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [17179] South Africa K002936346 Yes
W.C. [Verboom] [752] Zambia K002439880 Yes
Baur, R. [555] 27CPPOO K000365135 Type Yes
Laegaard, S. [16080] Zimbabwe K002439882 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1650] K002437212 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N372] South Africa K002936358 Yes
Phillipson, P.; Hutchings, A. [87] South Africa K002936371 Yes
Buehanan, J. [64] South Africa K002936368 Yes
Moll, E.J. [638] South Africa K002936350 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [874] South Africa K002936330 No
Edwards, G. [15011] South Africa K002936329 Yes
McClean; Bayer [178] South Africa K002936354 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1735] South Africa K002936318 Yes
von Broembsen, H. [121] South Africa K002936374 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1121] South Africa K002936328 Yes
Buchanan [117] South Africa K002936342 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [751] South Africa K002936349 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [2188] South Africa K002936325 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [9056] South Africa K002936331 Yes
Guillarmod, J.; Getliffe; Mzamane [171] Lesotho K002936378 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [3053] Zimbabwe K002439881 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa K002936344 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [1089] Zambia K002439879 Yes
Smook, L. [1169] South Africa K002936359 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2125] Cameroon K000182221 Yes
Rudatis, H. [7261] South Africa K002936335 Yes
West, O. [661] South Africa K002936356 Yes
Drege [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365138 Type Yes
J. Medley Wood [7218] South Africa K000365133 Type Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9811] South Africa K002936373 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [4013] Madagascar Sporobolus hildebrandtii K000244775 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0