Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus cordofanus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hérincq ex Coss.

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 253 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 36: 253 (1889).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 407 (1972).
  • Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 36: 253 (1889).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 57 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1996 Baker, W.S. [5669] Zambia K000365216 Type Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002437194 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6405] Tanzania K000984193 Yes
Paulo, S. [393] Tanzania K000495975 Yes
Braun, H.H. [223] Tanzania K000984194 Yes
[2573] South Africa K002936941 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [7977] Tanzania K002438084 Yes
Fovius [1572] Chad K002436630 Yes
Peyre de Fabrégues, B. [2146] Niger K002435885 No
Adam, J.G. [21730] Senegal K002435882 No
Smith, P.A. [1641] Botswana K002439754 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62594] Nigeria K002435887 Yes
Kotschy [30] Sudan K000365284 Isotype Yes
Kotschy [30] Sudan K000365285 Isotype Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [122] Tanzania K002438077 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [1656] Ethiopia K002437196 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2578] Tanzania K002438090 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10329] Tanzania K000984195 Yes
Leese, B.; Peters [323-B] Ethiopia K002437193 Yes
Mosnier, M. [2355] Senegal K002435883 Yes
Glover, P.E. [57] Tanzania K002438087 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6205] Tanzania K002438091 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24232] Tanzania K002438082 Yes
Greenway,P.J. [2137] Tanzania K002438078 Yes
[Audru] [2074] Senegal K002435884 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [972] Botswana K002439753 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5228] Tanzania K002438079 Yes
Vesey-FitzGerald, D. [7296] Tanzania K002438085 Yes
Richards, M. [23558] Tanzania K002438081 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21745] Senegal K002435881 Yes
De Leeuw, P.N.D. [2030 A] Nigeria K002435888 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1942] Botswana K002439755 No
Anderson, B. [1106] Tanzania K002438093 Yes
Allard, G. [489] Chad K002436631 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24313] Tanzania K002438088 Yes
Audrn, J. [2076] Senegal K002435879 Yes
Silk [5336] Tanzania K002438083 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1228] Ethiopia K002437195 Yes
[Andru] [2403] Senegal K002435878 Yes
De Leeuw, P.N.D. [2061] Nigeria K002435886 Yes
Jackson, G. [37770] Nigeria K002435889 Yes
Robson, T.O. [223] Tanzania K002438089 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6697] Tanzania K002438086 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [862] Botswana K002439752 Yes
Richards, M. [21229a] Tanzania K002438092 Yes
Andru [2175] Senegal K002435880 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9985] Tanzania K000984192 Yes

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