Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus agrostoides Chiov.

First published in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 67 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Djibouti to Rwanda and Tanzania. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chiov. in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 67, fig. 5 (1897).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Magogo, F.C. [1269] Kenya K002438867 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2717] Kenya K002438830 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1307] Kenya K002438834 Yes
McDonald, J. [793] Kenya K002438839 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3229] Tanzania K002438893 Yes
Moreau, R.E. [67] Kenya K002438837 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [652] Tanzania K002438878 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 5337 a] Kenya K002438826 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [2138] Tanzania K002438884 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25136] Kenya K002438821 Yes
Fries, Rob.E.; Fries, Th.C.E. [s.n.] Kenya K002438819 Yes
Carter [1029] Kenya K002438855 Yes
Katende, A.; Rwaburindore, P.; Lye, K.A. [5175] Uganda K002438807 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC 22] Kenya K002438854 Yes
Adamson, T. [9] Kenya K002438838 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [782] Tanzania K001323274 Yes
Bremaud, O. [68] Kenya K002438857 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2806] Tanzania K002438876 Yes
Webster, M.M. [K 125] Kenya K002438827 Yes
Mshana, H. [146] Tanzania K002438888 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [666] Uganda K002438815 Yes
[C. N. Gagah] [H-295] Kenya K002438863 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1116] Uganda K002438809 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5085] Kenya K002438842 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 25] Kenya K002438833 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1055] Kenya K002438836 Yes
Napier, E.R. [2514] Kenya K002438856 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [218] Kenya K002438851 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Evans, A.N. [74/692] Kenya K002438864 Yes
Holst, C. [3386] Tanzania K002438886 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24796] Kenya K002438858 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1165] Kenya K002438872 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [[27921]] Uganda K002438804 Yes
Van Rensberg, H.J. [574] Tanzania K002438887 Yes
Wesche, K. [1591] Kenya K002438847 Yes
Williams, G.R. [154] Kenya K002438874 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5562] Ethiopia K002437453 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K 192] Kenya K002438828 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1127] Kenya K002438871 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5171] Tanzania K002438892 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67367] Kenya K002438868 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3213] Ethiopia K002437456 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K002438844 Yes
Kabuye, C.; [o] Luke; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 367] Kenya K002438829 Yes
s.coll. [969] Kenya K002438845 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1116] Uganda K002438808 Yes
Terry, P. [3392] Somalia K002437450 Yes
s.coll. [489] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436873 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3356] Tanzania K002438890 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI660] Somalia K002437452 Yes
Richards, H.M.; Arasululu, S. [26413] Tanzania K002438880 Yes
Frowd, B.H. [F 3] Kenya K002438861 Yes
C. G. [Tropsnell] [2108] Kenya K002438860 Yes
Harris, L.D. [201] Tanzania K002438889 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH 9592] Kenya K002438843 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1706] Uganda K002438803 Yes
Brown, E.S. [131e] Tanzania K002438882 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1838] Kenya K002438859 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2251] Tanzania K002438877 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2806] Tanzania K002438875 Yes
Moreau, R.E. [100] Kenya K002438835 Yes
Mahnida, H.S. [510] Tanzania K002438883 Yes
Leippert [6119] Tanzania K002438891 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3199] Ethiopia K002437455 Yes
Leonard, A. [4524] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436875 Yes
Johnstone, M.J. (Miss) [48] Kenya K002438840 Yes
s.coll. [191662] Kenya K002438865 Yes
Wesche, K. [1431] Kenya K002438848 Yes
Glover, P.E. [3646] Kenya K002438846 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [39] Uganda K002438806 Yes
Fayad, C. [29] Kenya K002438850 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002438841 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6412] Kenya K002438822 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1121] Kenya K002438873 Yes
Gagah, C. [H-431] Kenya K002438831 Yes
s.coll. [390] Kenya K002438869 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [53] Kenya K002438852 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1140] Kenya K002438870 Yes
Braun, H.H. [115] Tanzania K000984158 No
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K002438816 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P2774] Uganda K002438817 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1046] Kenya K002438853 Yes
Liben, L. [1520] Rwanda K002436872 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG931289] Tanzania K001323273 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6373] Kenya K002438823 Yes
Jack, C. [5834] Kenya K002438862 Yes
Bally, P. [B 4340] Kenya K002438825 Yes
Claessens [1327] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436874 Yes
Goodwyn, Z. [B 3200] Kenya K002438824 Yes
Mgaza, C.D. [336] Tanzania K002438894 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1299] Uganda K002438814 Yes
Dummer, R. [1299] Uganda K002438805 Yes
Rwaburindore, P. [4583] Uganda K002438811 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1661] Kenya K002438866 Yes
[A. P. Haarer Das] [753] Tanzania K001323276 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14262] Ethiopia K002437454 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1443] Uganda K002438812 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2766] Uganda K002438813 Yes
Saint Clair Thompson, G.W. [352] Tanzania K002438885 Yes
Hazel, C. [25] Uganda K002438810 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4390] Tanzania K002438879 Yes
Terry, P. [3472] Somalia K002437451 Yes
Greenway,P.J. [3131] Tanzania K001323275 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 5527] Kenya K002438832 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2460] Tanzania K002438881 Yes
Fries, Rob.E.; Fries, Th.C.E. [s.n.] Kenya K002438818 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [7368] Kenya K002438849 Yes
Lugard, E.J., (Mrs.) [676] Kenya K000365231 Type Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [14993] Kenya K002438820 Yes

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0