Sporobolus wrightii Scribn.
First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 103 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A. to Mexico. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Arizona, California, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah
Introduced into:
Egypt
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Sporobolus airoides var. wrightii (Scribn.) Gould in Madroño 10: 94 (1949)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Bauchea karwinskyi E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 87 (1886)
- Epicampes crassiculmis Piper in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 18: 144 (1905)
- Sporobolus altissimus Vasey ex Brandegee in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 2: 212 (1889)
- Sporobolus altissimus var. minor Vasey in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 2: 213 (1889)
- Sporobolus eminens J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 242 (1830)
- Sporobolus expansus Scribn. in Zoe 4: 390 (1894)
- Sporobolus schaffneri Mez in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 295 (1921)
- Vilfa eminens (J.Presl) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- 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.
- Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and ajacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Pringle, C.G. [s.n.], USA | K000307935 | isotype | Yes | ||
Wright, C. [726], USA | K000307938 | Yes | |||
Wright, C. [1975], USA | K000307939 | Yes |
Sources
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0