Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood

First published in Class-book Bot.: 775 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canada to U.S.A. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Austria, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dickoré, W.B. & Springer, S. (2016). Weitere Notizen zur Flora von München. Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora 86: 262-276.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.8.48621. epublication.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Dickoré, W.B. & Springer, S. (2016). Weitere Notizen zur Flora von München. Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora 86: 262-276.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Lustyk, P. & Doležal , J. (2021). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae - XIX. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 56: 31-176.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Frank, J.C. [s.n.] United States K000907252 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, V.H. [10921] United States K002937101 No
Chase, V.H.; Elliott, L.P. [s.n.] United States K002937103 No
Lloyd, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002937120 No
Wilmington [s.n.] United States K002937099 No
Gould, F.W. [11736a] United States K002937085 Yes
Startwell [s.n.] United States K002937118 No
Muenscher, W.C. [18281] United States K001609801 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002937080 Yes
Chase, A. [s.n.] Colombia K002937100 No
Palmer, E.J. [8594] United States K002937084 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002937089 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [7349] United States K002937114 No
Aiken, S.G.; Darbyshire, S.J. [1877] Canada K002937094 No
Gougeon, M. [s.n.] Canada K002937098 No
Mead, J.B. [s.n.] United States K002937102 No
Sermolli, R. [s.n.] Italy K002093527 Yes
Kellogg, J.H. [s.n.] United States K002937123 No
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002937113 No
Riehl, N. [371] United States K000907251 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002937122 No
Moser, C.J. [2832] United States K000907250 Unknown Type Material Yes
Steele, E.G. [s.n.] United States K002937111 No
s.coll. [312] United States K002937083 Yes
Wright [s.n.] United States K002937081 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States K002937079 Yes
Chase, V.H. [9108] United States K002937104 No
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002937108 No
Schwein. [s.n.] United States K002937087 Yes
s.coll. [3] United States K000907249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nee, M. [60536] United States K002937090 Yes
Dore, W.G. [405] Canada K002937096 No
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K002937115 No
Dore, W.G. [46-I47] Canada K002937095 No
Barbour, W.C. [320] United States K002937119 No
Benke, H.C. [4666] United States K002937106 No
[Brown A. Pumsewd pew] [s.n.] United States K002937116 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002937109 No
Torrey, J. [s.n.] United States K000907248 Unknown Type Material Yes
Weatherby, C.A.; Weatherby, U.F. [s.n.] United States K002937112 No
Blake, S.F. [9742] United States K002937110 No
s.coll. [3374] United States K002937117 No
Dore, W.G.; Breitung, A.J. [9746] Canada K002937093 No
Gould, F.W.; Roy, G. [11769] United States K002937078 Yes
Innes, K.L. [367] United States K002937092 No
Bush, B.F. [1395] United States K002937091 Yes
Nealley, G.C. [s.n.] United States K002937082 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002937088 Yes
Chhetri, H.; Kempton, E.A.; Columbus, J.T.; Mashayekhi, S. [1048] United States K002937121 No
Chase, V.H. [s.n.] United States K002937105 No

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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images