Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc.

First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 237 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Brazil, Caribbean. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1981 Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [7225] Brazil K001075712 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [16188] Brazil K001075677 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI200] Belize K002937843 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Mendoza, M.; Goyder, D.J.; Biggs, N. [19874] Bolivia K001256996 No
Abraham [8] Guyana K002938134 Yes
Smith, A.C. [3209] Guyana K002938125 Yes
Killip, E.P. [42670] Cuba K002938023 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [47] Guyana K002938133 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [1549] Belize K002937844 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [15429] Bolivia K001256995 No
s.coll. [1261] Brazil K001075683 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H3252] Haiti K002938027 Yes
Graham, V. [510] Guyana K002938128 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [5972] Brazil K001075695 Yes
Soderstrom, T.; Bhorai, M.; Goodland, R.J. [1112] Trinidad and Tobago K002938029 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [39] Guyana K002938131 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [7844] Brazil K001075697 Yes
Hoock, J. [1393] Guyana K002938123 Yes
Pires, J.M.; Leite, P. [14568(37)] Venezuela K001075702 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI202] Belize K002937840 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001075687 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001075686 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Guzman, E. [17444] Bolivia K001256997 No
Goode, J.K. [7] Guyana K002938130 Yes
Ule, E. [8366] Brazil K001075700 Yes
Peck, M.E. [694] Honduras K002937845 No
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [7027] Brazil K001075694 Yes
Oldenburger, F.H.F.; Norde, R.; Schulz, P. [848] Suriname K002938138 Yes
Macedo, A. [5027] Brazil K001075701 Yes
Melville [95] Guyana K002938132 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075689 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Pozo, P.; Soto, D. [23754] Bolivia K001257000 No
Renvoize, S.A. [5405] Colombia K001500128 Yes
Wilson, G.; Browne, A.F. [247] Guyana K002938127 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6759] Brazil K001075674 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [3252] Haiti K002938028 Yes
Mexia, Y. [9307] Mexico K002937838 No
Mimura, I. [561] Brazil K001075691 Yes
Riedel, L. [734] Brazil K001075936 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [12541] Cuba K002938024 Yes
[illgible] [1078] French Guiana K002938139 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [7303] Brazil K001075692 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [45595] Brazil K001075704 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI36] Belize K002937842 No
Thurn, E.F.I. [s.n.] Guyana K002938129 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [6209-2] Brazil K001075699 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H3252] Haiti K002938026 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Pozo, P.; Soto, D. [23827] Bolivia K002938412 Yes
Gardner, G. [3535] Brazil K001075690 Yes
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [1084] Guyana K002938126 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [5993] Brazil K001075696 Yes
Williams, R.C. [62] Guyana K002938135 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001075998 Yes
Richards, P.W. [6859] Brazil K001075676 Yes
Gardner [1889] Brazil K000003226 Yes
Britton, E.G. [10022] Cuba K002938025 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [10321] Brazil K001075678 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [9548] Cuba K002938022 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRi 112] Belize K002937841 No
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6699] Brazil K001075693 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Fonsêca, S.G.; Fonsêca-Filho, J. [3361] Brazil K001075714 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Villarroel, D.; Soto, D.; Pozo, P. [25227] Bolivia K001257254 No
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [8601] Brazil K001075680 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Erickson, R.C. [1318] Guyana K002938124 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001075688 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [10694] Cuba K002938020 Yes
Goodwin, Z.A.; Lopez, G.N. [1458] Belize K002937839 No
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Cuba K002938021 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17377] Brazil K001075682 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075685 Yes
Abraham [5] Guyana K002938136 Yes
Macedo, A. [5045] Brazil K001075703 Yes
Gardner [3537] Brazil K000003225 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6759] Brazil K001075675 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Ribeiro, F.; Silva, J.C.S.; Cozac, L.F.A.; Almeida, S.P.; Sano, S.N. [4247] Brazil K001075713 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6805] Brazil K001075681 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Pozo, P.; Soto, D. [26387] Bolivia K001256994 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075684 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [9123] Brazil K001075679 Yes
Beck, S. [17865] Bolivia K001256998 No
Curtiss, A.H. [392] K000308855 Type Yes
Burchell, W.J. [5993] Brazil K001075698 Yes
Venezuela K001500129 Yes
Venezuela K001500130 Yes
Venezuela K001500131 Yes
Venezuela K001500132 Yes
Venezuela K001500133 Yes
Venezuela K001500134 Yes
Venezuela K001500135 Yes
Venezuela K001500136 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz) K001500137 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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