Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus dinklagei Mez

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 298 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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.
  • 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].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 112.
  • in Fedde Rep. 17: 298 (1921)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Adam, U.G. [15996] Liberia K002435944 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5037] Sierra Leone K002435928 Yes
Gledhill, D. [231] Sierra Leone K002435926 No
Adam [29967] Liberia K001634290 Yes
Jansen, J.W.A. [2242] Liberia K002435937 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1454] Liberia K002435945 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9938] Liberia K002435946 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10324] Liberia K002435942 No
Deighton, F.C. [1012] Sierra Leone K002435931 Yes
Jordan, C.T.A. [626] Sierra Leone K002435921 Yes
Gledhill, D. [142] Sierra Leone K002435927 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [6155] Liberia K002435943 Yes
Jones, T.S. [284] Sierra Leone K002435929 Yes
Adjanohoun [453 A] Liberia K002435947 Yes
Jordan, C.T.A. [610] Sierra Leone K002435922 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1268] Liberia K002435938 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2003] Sierra Leone K002435925 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [659] Sierra Leone K002435933 Yes
Dinklage [2281] Liberia K000365307 Isotype Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Blyden, F. [5572] Liberia K002435941 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1459] Sierra Leone K002435932 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2301] Liberia K002435940 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1420] Sierra Leone K002435923 Yes
Harley, W., J. [1617] Liberia K000365308 Type Yes
Thomas, N.W. [3648] Sierra Leone K002435930 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [5369] Sierra Leone K002435924 Yes
Fisher, J.D. [73] Sierra Leone K002435920 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10018] Liberia K002435936 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10488] Liberia K002435939 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [81] Sierra Leone K002435935 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1677] Sierra Leone K002435934 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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