Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus consimilis Fresen.

First published in Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 140 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Kew Bulletin 19: 296 (1965).
  • Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 2: 140 (1837).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 18, 2019 Osborne, J.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Muthoque, N. (guide) [JO1633] Mozambique K001346457 Yes
Robyns [4057] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436920 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2715] Malawi K002935427 Yes
Collenette [17] Somalia K002437621 Yes
Ward, C.J. [9283] Namibia K002936486 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1646] Tanzania K002439110 Yes
Leistner, O.A.; Oliver, D.; Steenkamp; Vorster [154] Namibia K002936484 Yes
Pielou, D.P. [40] Tanzania K002439117 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [1031] Saudi Arabia K002093555 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/172] Malawi K002935425 Yes
Giess, W. [3877] Namibia K002936494 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1427] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002439122 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002437608 Yes
de Witte [13678] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436925 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1272] Ethiopia K002437609 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K002437605 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2106] Somalia K002437628 Yes
Burnett, G.F. [48/23] Tanzania K002439108 Yes
Ash, J. [2114] Ethiopia K002437607 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1569] Somalia K002437625 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1433] Tanzania K002439127 Yes
Guichard, K.M. [E.A.H.10641] Somalia K002437633 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Wilde-Duyfjes de, B.E.E. [10614] Ethiopia K002437594 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [640] Yemen K002093560 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1162] Tanzania K002439126 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [446] Tanzania K002439105 Yes
Cope, T.A. [637] Oman K002093564 Yes
Dinter [8417] Namibia K002936495 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [25539] Tanzania K002439103 Yes
Herlocker, D. [549] Tanzania K002439119 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4304] Saudi Arabia K002093551 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [302] South Africa K002936501 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3844] South Africa K002936506 Yes
Mwinjuma Game [Scout] [Hsm/550] Tanzania K002439120 Yes
Zambatis, N. [572] South Africa K002936500 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1054] Tanzania K002439118 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S120] Somalia K002437624 Yes
[Nanutoni]; Volk; Roux, L. [701] Namibia K002936485 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [590] Somalia K002437631 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [133] Somalia K002437630 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3606] Tanzania K002439109 Yes
Miller [s.n.] Mozambique K002935423 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1427] Tanzania K002439128 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1158] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436922 Yes
Galpin, E.E.; Pearson, H.H.W. [7401] Namibia K002936498 Yes
Fredericq, H. [8516] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436928 Yes
Wingfield, R. [322] Tanzania K002439106 Yes
Guichard, K. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002437598 Yes
Thompson, G.W.St.-C. [285] Tanzania K002439114 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [s.n.] South Africa K002936504 Yes
Headley, P.M. [220] Ethiopia K002437610 Yes
Jackson, G. [307] Malawi K002935429 Yes
s.coll. [4241] Chad K002436916 Yes
Friis; Bidgood, G.S.; Wondefrash, M.; Getachew, E. [10252] Ethiopia K002437593 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4766] Ethiopia K002437627 Yes
Thompson, G.W.St.-C. [200] Tanzania K002439115 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24252] Tanzania K002439113 Yes
van Vuuren, D. [983] Namibia K002936497 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [1031] Saudi Arabia K002093554 No
s.coll. [3450] Chad K002436917 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4329] Ethiopia K002437626 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [3371] Namibia K002936489 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [4994] Namibia K002936490 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4599] Saudi Arabia K002093552 No
Procter, J. [3680] Tanzania K002439112 Yes
Robertson, V.C. [27] Malawi K002935428 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [3893] Saudi Arabia K002093553 No
Froment, D. [245] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436926 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [644] South Africa K002936503 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [991] Tanzania K002439125 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2421] Yemen K002093559 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [100] Ethiopia K002437597 Yes
Burger, W. [2881] Ethiopia K002437596 Yes
Hornby [2105] Tanzania K002439121 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5804] Namibia K002936483 No
Theron, G.K. [2942] South Africa K002936499 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3478] Ethiopia K002437595 Yes
Bent, J.Th. [s.n.] Sudan K002437601 Yes
Peck, E.F. [234] Somalia K002437629 Yes
Galpin, E.E.; Pearson, H.H.W. [7429] Namibia K002936493 Yes
de Witte [11500] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436923 Yes
Donis [1414] Congo, Republic of the K002436921 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2744] Yemen K002093558 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [302] South Africa K002936505 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Hussein, M. [16569] Yemen K002093561 Yes
Flamigni [10633] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436924 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03199] South Africa K002936502 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [T161] Tanzania K002439116 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14512] Tanzania K002439124 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1072] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436919 No
Drake-Brockman [341] Somalia K002437635 Yes
Fredericq, H.; de Witte, G.D. [8592] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436927 Yes
Birdwood; Meinertzhagen [s.n.] Yemen K002093562 Yes
Lebeau, J. [3810] Congo, Republic of the K002436929 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2102] Tanzania K002439129 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K002437604 Yes
de Winter, B. [3187] Namibia K002936492 No
Munro, W. [222] Sudan K002437602 Yes
de Winter, B.; Hardy [8024] Namibia K002936487 Yes
Jackson, G. [333] Malawi K002935426 Yes
Burnett, G.F. [49/18] Tanzania K002439107 Yes
Mhoro, B.; Backèus, I. [2023] Tanzania K002439123 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1633] Somalia K002437632 Yes
Seydel, R. [856] Namibia K002936496 Yes
s.coll. [3450] Chad K002436918 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K002935422 Yes
Aguiar Macêdo, J.M. [5187] Mozambique K002935424 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [17] Somalia K002437622 Yes
Knowles, A. [5] Sudan K002437603 Yes
Purdy [54] Sudan K002437599 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1577] Somalia K002437623 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5778] Namibia K002936491 No
Mooney, H.F. [8273] Ethiopia K002437606 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K002437600 Yes
McLeish, I. [2595] Oman K002093563 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3606] Tanzania K002439104 Yes
de Winter; Hardy [8200] Namibia K002936488 No
Harris, L.D. [119] Tanzania K002439111 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Somalia K002437634 Yes

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