Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.

First published in Amer. J. Bot. 2: 303 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N., W. & Central U.S.A. to N. Mexico. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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 adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002937429 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [8376] Mexico K002937837 Yes
Metcalfe, O.B. [s.n.] United States K002937421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002439534 Yes
Chhetri, H.; Kempton, E.A.; Columbus, J.T.; Mashayekhi, S. [1051] United States K002937425 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002937423 Yes
Kearney, T.H.; Peebles, R.H. [12626] United States K002937426 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United States K002937419 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United States K002937420 Yes
Reeder, J.R.; Reeder, C.G. [8222] United States K002937427 Yes
Wooton, E.O. [s.n.] United States K002937424 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002937422 Yes
Wiggins, I.L. [15643] Mexico K002937836 Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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/
    • © 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 2025. 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