Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 1: 214 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. U.S.A., SE. Mexico, Caribbean. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • 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.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Kunth, Révis. Gram. 2: 427 (1831).

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.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • 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.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Moldenke, H. [415] United States K002937282 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5444] United States K002937275 Yes
Eggers [3936] Bahamas, The K000774763 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H2158] Haiti K000774755 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10669] United States K002937276 Yes
Wilson, P. [8001] Bahamas, The K000676692 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [15470] Cuba K000774757 Yes
K000308854 Unknown Type Material Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [12965] United States K002937279 Yes
Höpflinger, F. [111] Bahamas, The K000774765 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [3382] United States K002937285 Yes
Wilson, P. [8076] Bahamas, The K000703055 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [3382] United States K002937274 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [2781] Mexico K002937852 No
Wright [s.n.] United States K002937281 Yes
Reverchon, J. [3383] United States K002937278 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [12917] Cuba K000774759 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [15319] Haiti K000774761 Yes
Moldenke, H. [415] United States K002937284 Yes
Moldenke, H. [616] United States K002937283 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Cuba K000774756 Yes
Wright [s.n.] Jamaica K000774760 Yes
Torrey, J.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002937280 Yes
Wilson, P. [7944] Bahamas, The K000676693 Yes
Wilson, P. [7476] Bahamas, The K000774764 Yes
Combs, R. [984] United States K002937277 Yes
Eggers [3977] Bahamas, The K000774762 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [13179] Cuba K000774758 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images