Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula to S. Central China, Jawa, New Guinea. It is an annual or perennial.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Free State, India, Jawa, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Oman, Pakistan, Réunion, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Datta, B.K., Saha, R. Roy, M. & Majumder, K. (2008). Grasses of West Tripura district, Tripura, India. Pleione 2: 98-105.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm126.2019.1379. epublication.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Datta, B.K., Saha, R. Roy, M. & Majumder, K. (2008). Grasses of West Tripura district, Tripura, India. Pleione 2: 98-105.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kunth, Rév. Gram. 1: 68 (1829).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 24, 2009 Kerr, A.F.G. [10928] Thailand K000648133 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Kerr, A.F.G. [10928] Thailand K000621550 Yes
Jul 1, 1987 Slooten, D.F.van [2394] Indonesia K000290402 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1987 Slooten, D.F.van [2394] Indonesia K000290401 Isotype Yes
Oct 28, 1933 Wight, R. [1743] India K000907370 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 28, 1933 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000907371 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 28, 1933 Wight, R. [3308] India K000907372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 18, 1933 Wight, R. [1743] India K000907365 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 18, 1933 Wight, R. [1743] India K000907368 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 18, 1933 Wight, R. [1743] India K000907367 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 18, 1933 Wight, R. [1742] India K000245155 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 28, 1932 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000245154 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1929 Koenig, J., G. [s.n.] India K000907369 Type Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1929] Botswana K002439769 Yes
[D. Taghamen] [3764] India K001732271 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000907395 Unknown Type Material Yes
Patunkar, B.W. [1738] India K002094141 Yes
Perrottet [220] India K002094160 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21290] India K002094153 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2639] Botswana K002439766 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23334] Pakistan K002094129 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094158 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [604] Sri Lanka K002094171 Yes
s.coll. [14740] India K002094165 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6576] India K002094132 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002094179 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3764] Burma K001119964 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meadly, G.R.W. [M 68] Australia K002094897 Yes
Cope, T.A. [467] Oman K002093568 Yes
Cope, T.A. [503] Oman K002093570 Yes
Wight, R. [1743] India K000907364 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21522] India K002094161 Yes
Lobin, W. [6640] Somalia K001600687 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [17175] India K002094152 Yes
{Anderson; Burbidge} [422] Australia K002094898 Yes
Guarino, L. [8] Oman K002093566 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25158] Kenya K002438099 Yes
Clayton, D. [5666] Sri Lanka K002094172 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094164 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24269] Tanzania K002438100 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20840] India K002094145 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [306] India K002094139 Yes
Clayton; Jayasekera [6133] Sri Lanka K002094181 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3764] K001119963 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carter [1782] Sudan K002437197 Yes
Naegele [RIM/24] Mauritania K002435890 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002094136 Yes
Rama Rao, M. [2083] India K002094162 Yes
Schmid, B. [s.n.] India K002094146 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094156 Yes
s.coll. [[3325]] India K002094151 Yes
Bourne, A.G.; Bourne, E.T. [s.n.] India K002094155 Yes
Thein Lwin, U. [349] Burma K002094170 Yes
Stower; Smith; Gilliland [4026] Eritrea K002437199 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR736] Kenya K002438097 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanka, C.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP 622] India K002094150 Yes
Commerson [s.n.] India K002094143 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6588] Australia K002094901 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Afghanistan K002093571 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2640] Botswana K002439768 Yes
Farag, I.A. [181] Sudan K001422275 Yes
Clayton, D. [5948] Sri Lanka K002094177 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [7752] India K002094131 Yes
Stock, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K000907366 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [15525] India K002094166 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [801] Yemen K002093565 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [222] India K002094138 Yes
Lack, A. [McK B301] Australia K002094899 Yes
Cope, T.A. [421] Oman K002093567 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [16389] India K002094144 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [8832] Sri Lanka K002094176 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094128 Yes
de Winter, B. [7473] Botswana K002439767 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23339] Pakistan K002094127 Yes
Stocks; J.E. [4] Pakistan K000245156 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delessert; Perrottet, M. [s.n.] India K002094147 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [2839] India K002094140 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [12656] South Africa K000365170 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094159 Yes
McLeish, I. [2820] Oman K002093569 Yes
Collett, H. [1] India K002094135 Yes
Bhide [4619] India K002094163 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21330] India K002094133 Yes
{Laws (Dr)} [s.n.] India K001732272 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21331] India K002094148 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23338] Pakistan K002094130 Yes
Barber, C.A. [4489] India K002094167 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21290] India K002094157 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002094137 Yes
Wroughton, R.C. [23] India K002094134 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3764] K001119961 Unknown Type Material Yes
Menezes, A. [3683] Angola K002439771 Yes
McKerral, A. [785] Burma K002094169 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002094168 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3764] India K001119962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith [6658] Afghanistan K002093572 Yes
Bourne, A.G.; Bourne, E.T. [s.n.] India K002094154 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13459] Sri Lanka K002094174 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3331A] Kenya K002438096 Yes
Clarkson, J.R.; Simon, B.K. [6936] Australia K002094900 Yes
Lazarides, M. [8485] Australia K002094896 Yes
[R. W. Inder] [s.n.] India K002094142 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002094178 Yes
Innes, R.R. [RRI 609] Somalia K002437200 Yes
Clayton, D. [5960] Sri Lanka K002094180 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Britto, S.J.; Rani, N. [RHT 28664] India K002094149 Yes
Clayton, D. [5648a] Sri Lanka K002094173 Yes
s.coll. [9773] Angola K002439770 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [6961] Kenya K002438098 Yes
Wight, R. [1742] India K000907363 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harrison, M.N. [988] Sudan K002437198 Yes

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