Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus bechuanicus Gooss.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 197 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1996 Terry, J.; Cook, F.E.M.; Sydes, C.L.; Kalake, E. [100] Botswana K000058109 Yes
May 1, 1996 Goossens, A.P.G. [616] Botswana K000058103 Yes
May 1, 1996 Smith, P.A. [2967] Botswana K000058101 Yes
May 1, 1996 s.coll. [37] Botswana K000058105 Yes
May 1, 1996 Ngoni, J.F. [322] Botswana K000058107 Yes
May 1, 1996 Ellis, R.P. [2766] Botswana K000058106 Yes
May 1, 1996 McClintock, A. [59] Botswana K000058104 Yes
May 1, 1996 Plowes, D.C.H. [1847] Zimbabwe K000058113 Yes
May 1, 1996 Pole-Evans, I.B. [3272] Botswana K000058102 Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Leistner, O.A. [18] South Africa K000058114 Yes
[18] South Africa K000058115 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [3279] Botswana K000058111 Type No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [3277] Botswana K000058110 Type No
Pentz, J.A. [8417] Botswana K000058112 Type No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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