Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.

First published in Misc. Publ. U.S.D.A. 243: 84 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Chad, Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 8, 1988 Jameson [578] Ecuador K000308866 Type Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [11548] Costa Rica K002937700 Yes
s.coll. [130] Cuba K002937997 No
Eggers, H.F.A. [103] Virgin Islands K002938014 No
Peterson, P.M.; Valdés-Reyna, J.; Hinton, G.S. [17826] Mexico K002937690 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [14378] Bolivia K001255870 Yes
Feuerer, T.; Höhne, N. [5467] Bolivia K001255849 Yes
Wright, C. [223] K002938016 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [16259] Brazil K000003214 Yes
Nee, M. [40199] Bolivia K001255854 Yes
Bastian, E. [35] Bolivia K001255859 Yes
Hassler, E. [72519] Paraguay K002938241 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K002937681 No
Palmer, E. [814] Mexico K002937660 No
Palmer, E. [188] Mexico K002937670 No
Palmer, E. [74] Mexico K002937658 No
Krapovickas, A.; Schinini, A. [34716] Bolivia K001255867 Yes
Rosengurtt [B-5480] Paraguay K002938239 Yes
Job, M.M. [1060] Argentina K002938369 Yes
Stofella [260] Argentina K002938364 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [130] United States K002937073 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Jamaica K002938001 No
Wood, J.R.I. [13407] Bolivia K001255877 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Clark, L. [14006] Honduras K002937696 Yes
Martinez, R. [602] Bolivia K001255864 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [5] Bolivia K001255872 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C. [11806] Bolivia K001255861 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Mexico K002937678 No
Pedersen, T.M. [7307] Argentina K002938384 Yes
Renvoize, S. [4466] Bolivia K001255847 Yes
Moran, R.V. [6973] Mexico K002937685 Yes
s.coll. [676] K001732277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002938019 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [15806] Bolivia K001255871 Yes
Luna, F.E. [1497] Argentina K002938375 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K001732276 Yes
Palmer, E. [165] Mexico K002937664 No
Harris, W.H. [11306] Jamaica K002938004 No
Bang, M. [79] Bolivia K001257253 Yes
Rosengurtt [B-5432] Paraguay K002938238 Yes
Rosengurtt [B-5193] Uruguay K002938391 Yes
Solomon, J.C.; Nee, M. [17986] Bolivia K001255876 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12111] Mexico K002937683 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [11146] Mexico K002937693 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [9553] Mexico K002937659 No
Gardner [1433] Brazil K000003213 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [8678] Mexico K002937679 No
Grupo Pedra do Cavalo [197] Brazil K000003215 Yes
Wright, C. [3828] Cuba K002937996 No
Sintenis, P. [3307] Puerto Rico K002938017 No
Queiroz, L.P. [437] Brazil K001101621 Yes
Balansa, B. [256] Paraguay K002938242 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K002938371 Yes
Job, M.M. [1116] Argentina K002938377 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Cope, T.A.; Beck, S. [4056] Bolivia K001255874 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [15573] Cuba K002937995 No
Ekman, E.L. [H15979] Dominican Republic K002938012 No
Harris, W.H. [11611] Jamaica K002937999 No
Schaffner [667] Mexico K002937666 No
Ekman, E.L. [H9051] Haiti K002938010 No
Palmer, Edw. [384] Mexico K002937688 Yes
Rosengurtt [B-7087] Uruguay K002938389 Yes
Caroia, E. [311] Bolivia K001255850 Yes
Sohns, E.R. [1256] Mexico K002937686 Yes
Iltis, H.; Jose, A.; Lasseigne, A. [813] Mexico K002937687 Yes
Venturi, S. [7693] Argentina K002938386 Yes
Parodi, L.R. [8283] Argentina K002938363 Yes
Stuckert, T.; Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Argentina K002938387 Yes
Guaglianone, E.R.; Sancho, M.L.; Zuloaga, F.O. [431] Argentina K002938382 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [13119] Cuba K002937994 No
Nash, G.V.; Taylor, N. [977] Bahamas, The K002937993 No
Beck, S.G. [3567] Bolivia K001257249 Yes
Venturi, S. [7693] Argentina K002938388 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H15979] Dominican Republic K002938008 No
Thompson, R.A.; Rudman, R.; Johnson, F.L. [S0782] United States K002937072 Yes
Krapovickas, A. [2850] Argentina K002938378 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; González-Elizondo, M.S. [15981] Mexico K002937691 Yes
Beck, S.G.; Liberman, M. [16305] Bolivia K001255856 Yes
Peterson, P. M.; Annable, C. R.; Valdes-Reyna, J. [11151] United States K001614542 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Salariato, D.L.; Soreng, R.J. [19253] Argentina K001614440 Yes
Peterson, P. M.; Salariato, D. L.; Soreng, R. J. [19317] Argentina K001625560 Yes
Peterson, P. M.; Salariato, D. L.; Soreng, R. J. [19312] Argentina K001625570 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10285] United States K002937067 Yes
Gardner [1433] Brazil K000003217 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H9051] Haiti K002938006 No
Bush, B.F. [300] United States K002937063 Yes
Palmer, E. [856] Mexico K002937673 No
Box, H.E. [78] Antigua and Barbuda K002938018 No
Sintenis, P. [549] Puerto Rico K002938013 No
Rosengurtt [B-5812] Paraguay K002938240 Yes
[Drumd] [377] K002937066 Yes
Bartlett, H.H. [19860] Argentina K002938367 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Serrano, M. [14515] Bolivia K001255860 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [2430] Jamaica K002938000 No
Moraes, M. [21] Bolivia K001255851 Yes
Renvoize, S. [4705] Bolivia K001255868 Yes
Chhetri, H.; Kempton, E.A.; Columbus, J.T.; Mashayekhi, S. [1052] United States K002937062 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [323] United States K002937065 Yes
Renvoize, S. [4487] Bolivia K001257288 Yes
Grupo Pedra do Cavalo [95] Brazil K000003216 Yes
Thurber, G. [s.n.] Mexico K002937669 No
Gould, F.W. [12126] Mexico K002937684 Yes
Mason, H.L. [1569] Mexico K002937675 No
Palmer, E. [224] Mexico K002937662 No
Beck, S.G. [3026] Bolivia K001257250 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Cope, T.A.; Beck, S. [3903] Bolivia K001255873 Yes
Gould, F.W. [10866] Dominican Republic K002938009 No
Pierotti, S.A. [s.n.] Argentina K002938381 Yes
Krukoff, B.A.; Stevens, W.D. [23142] Nicaragua K002937699 Yes
s.coll. [926] Uruguay K002938390 Yes
Pensiero, J.; Marino, G. [4413] Bolivia K001255862 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9493] Bolivia K001255863 Yes
Jones, M.E. [4338] United States K002937070 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10155] United States K002937076 Yes
Venturi, S. [7693] Argentina K002938366 Yes
Bastian, E. [216] Bolivia K001255855 Yes
Bush, B.F. [1390] United States K002937064 Yes
Wright, C. [207] K002938015 No
Palmer, E. [696] Mexico K002937665 No
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002938372 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [5165] Mexico K002937661 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002937069 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] French Guiana K002938236 Yes
Renvoize [4412] Cuba K002937998 No
Cutler, H. [7383] Bolivia K001255866 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H319] Haiti K002938011 No
Burkart, A. [13846] Argentina K002938383 Yes
Beck, S.G. [17938] Bolivia K001255852 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11503] Jamaica K002938002 No
Turpe, A.M. [2772] Argentina K002938376 Yes
Carter, A. [2740] Mexico K002937676 No
Goodding, L.N. [s.n.] United States K002937071 Yes
Solomon, J.C.; Nee, M. [16067] Bolivia K001257252 Yes
Brizuela, J. [1149] Argentina K002938379 Yes
Schinini, A.; Palacios-Chávez, R. [25686] Paraguay K002938374 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [1953] Argentina K002938365 Yes
Howell, J.T. [8355] Mexico K002937674 No
Beck, S.G. [14013] Bolivia K001257271 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12610] Mexico K002937680 No
de Michel, R. [53] Bolivia K001255875 Yes
Liberman, M.; Escalona, F. [897] Bolivia K001257251 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10032] United States K002937077 Yes
[Shiehendarz] [214] Argentina K002938373 Yes
Liberman, M.; Pedrotti, F.; Venanzoni, R. [2055] Bolivia K001255853 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Cope, T.A.; Beck, S. [4108] Bolivia K001257286 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [12371] Nicaragua K002937697 Yes
Barco, R. [432] Bolivia K001255865 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Valdés-Reyna, J.; Hinton, G.S. [17841] Mexico K002937689 Yes
Rosengurtt [B-5479] Paraguay K002938237 Yes
Biggs, N.; Hughes, A.; Milliken, W.; Laws, S.; Zappi, D.; Jimenez Vezques, C.; Mendoza Flores, J.M. [11] Bolivia K000326718 Yes
Sohns, E.R. [445] Mexico K002937677 No
Davidse, G.; Sousa, M.; Téllez, O.; Martínez, E.; Davidse, J. [30192] Mexico K002937682 No
Biggs, N.; Hughes, A.; Milliken, W.; Laws, S.; Zappi, D.; Jimenez Vezques, C.; Mendoza Flores, J.M. [43] Bolivia K000326734 Yes
Bastian, E. [1261] Bolivia K001255857 Yes
Reyes de los Santos, E. [220] Mexico K002937663 No
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [9993] Mexico K002937692 Yes
Nicora, T.G. [18489] Argentina K002938380 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [12247] Nicaragua K002937698 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] K001732278 Yes
Walker, R.; Eastwood, A. [22B] British Virgin Islands K000297620 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [14463] United States K002937075 Yes
Reed, C.T. [s.n.] United States K002937074 Yes
Job, M.M. [844] Argentina K002938368 Yes
Palmer, E. [384] Mexico K002937694 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Cope, T.A.; Beck, S. [4219] Bolivia K001257287 Yes
Gerold [333] Bolivia K001255878 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [11415] Haiti K002938007 No
Palmer, E. [144] Mexico K002937671 No
Feuerer, T. [22117a] Bolivia K001255848 Yes
Brücher, H.; Brucher, O. [32] Argentina K002938385 Yes
Palmer, E. [385] Mexico K002937672 No
Palmer, E. [294] Mexico K002937668 No
Burkart, A.; Gamerro, J.C. [21605] Argentina K002938370 Yes
Beck, S.G. [5020] Bolivia K001255869 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12467] Jamaica K002938003 No
Coro-Rojas [1470] Bolivia K001255858 Yes
Peterson, P. M. [9628] Mexico Sporobolus pulvinatus K001614680 Yes
Peterson, P. M.; Annable, C. R.; Valdes-Reyna, J. [10975] Mexico Sporobolus pulvinatus K001614695 Yes
Silveus, W.A. [1386] United States Sporobolus patens K000907247 Isotype Yes

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