Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus fimbriatus (Nees ex Trin.) Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 156 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

India, South Carolina

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 29 (1958).
  • Edwards & Bogdan, Imp. grassl. pl. Kenya: 39 (1951).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 45 (1947).
  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 156 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Brueckner, A. [146] South Africa K002936712 Yes
Musil, C.F. [162] South Africa K002936705 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [636] South Africa K002936617 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002936700 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3177] Namibia K002936598 Yes
Godfrey, R.K. [SH-1688] South Africa K002936630 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4140] South Africa K002936692 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4724] Namibia K002936593 Yes
de Winter, B. [2886] Namibia K002936614 Yes
Burchell [1943/1] South Africa K002936744 No
de Hoogh, R.J. [104] Botswana K002935342 No
Evans, I.B.P. [1545] South Africa K002936645 Yes
Buchanan [242] South Africa K002936689 Yes
Smook, L. [0000003204] South Africa K002936760 No
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936725 Yes
Seydel, R. [2659] Namibia K002936613 Yes
[B. Bolus] [555] South Africa K002936716 Yes
Buchanan [s.n.] South Africa K002936687 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4346] South Africa K002936604 No
Smook, L. [002830] South Africa K002936664 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3892A] South Africa K002936677 Yes
G.W. [KM20] Sudan K002437443 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [596] South Africa K002936634 Yes
Smook, L. [002755] South Africa K002936675 Yes
Seydel, R. [3447] South Africa K002936591 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936736 No
Winter, D.; Giess [6803] Namibia K002936597 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [3424] Kenya K002438738 No
Scheepers, J.C. [798] South Africa K002936627 Yes
Potts, G. [2439] South Africa K002936690 Yes
de Winter, B. [9184] Namibia K002936590 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [15692] Ethiopia K002437444 Yes
Potts, G. [2411] South Africa K002936682 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A.F. [3672] Mozambique K002935278 No
Glover, P.E. [3771] Kenya K002438745 Yes
Wipplinger, N. [12] South Africa K002936672 No
Godfrey, R.K. [SH1842] South Africa K002936642 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1532] South Africa K002936732 Yes
Buchanan [6] South Africa K002936699 Yes
Godding, H.C. [50] Somalia K002437446 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [621] South Africa K002936751 No
s.coll. [20] Namibia K002936609 Yes
Bodgan, A. [AB 1436] Kenya K002438743 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1819] Kenya K002438724 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [3109] Zambia K002935284 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1103] Kenya K002438713 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [2416] South Africa K002936756 No
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936749 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2075] Namibia K002936589 Yes
Seydel, R. [2204] Namibia K002936611 Yes
Paulo, S. [374] Tanzania K000495989 Yes
Pillans, N. [s.n.] South Africa K002936731 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4191] Kenya K002438742 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4099] South Africa K002936652 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4537] Somalia K002437447 Yes
[Garrathe] [s.n.] Mozambique K002935271 Yes
Smook, L. [4465] South Africa K002936759 No
Hinds, J.H. [192] Zambia K002935291 No
Evans, I.B.P. [608] South Africa K002936635 Yes
Alexander Prior, R.C. [s.n.] South Africa K002936740 No
Morris, J.W. [1317] South Africa K002936641 Yes
Retief, E.; Germishuizen, G. [293] South Africa K002936714 Yes
Muller, P. [638] South Africa K002936754 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 2402] Kenya K002438712 Yes
Smook, L. [2060] South Africa K002936684 Yes
Newbould, J.B.; Thesigen, W.P. [6189] Tanzania K000495987 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [215] South Africa K002936678 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3310] Botswana K002935333 No
s.coll. [6055] South Africa K002936693 Yes
Rehm, S. [SW75] Namibia K002936610 Yes
Potgieter, M. [15100] South Africa K002936741 No
Skarpe, C. [S-280] Botswana K002935331 No
s.coll. [B 1204] Botswana K001625321 Yes
Glover, P.E. [3684] Kenya K002438747 Yes
Hattingh, P.D. [H18] South Africa K002936717 Yes
Smook, L. [2103] South Africa K002936668 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [112] South Africa K002936639 Yes
[Garrathe] [s.n.] Mozambique K002935272 Yes
Brown, R.C. [6007] Botswana K002935343 No
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936748 No
Boss, G. [35112] Namibia K002936596 Yes
Allen, C.E.F. [121] Zambia K002935268 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1247] Kenya K002438719 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [1028] South Africa K002936676 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002936710 Yes
Story, R. [3454] South Africa K002936727 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3343] Uganda K002438706 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2704] Kenya K002438746 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4153] South Africa K002936661 No
Potts, G. [2458] South Africa K002936688 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [1006] Kenya K002438715 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Somalia K002437449 Yes
Pooley, E.S. [1204] South Africa K002936703 Yes
O'Connor, T.G. [150] South Africa K002936686 Yes
Zambatis, N. [66] South Africa K002936650 Yes
Stewart [546] Kenya K002438733 Yes
Smook, L. [002923] South Africa K002936667 Yes
M.W. [3009] South Africa K002936738 No
Everett, W. [61] South Africa K002936733 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1543] South Africa K002936707 Yes
Barker, F. [A13] Malawi K002935280 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [874] South Africa K002936662 Yes
Moss, C.E. [5490] South Africa K002936728 Yes
Orpen, K. [248] South Africa K002936745 No
Müller, D.B. [244] South Africa K002936681 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18321] South Africa K002936720 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936651 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1728] South Africa K002936679 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [575] South Africa K002936644 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [5379] South Africa K002936734 Yes
Kornas, J. [1970] Zambia K002935282 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4180] South Africa K002936655 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10,487] Tanzania K000495988 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3621] Kenya K002438709 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24258] Tanzania K002438802 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [15/92] Zambia K002935289 Yes
Nobbs [625] South Africa K002936606 Yes
Myre; Lousã; Rosa [5721] Mozambique K002935276 No
Smith, C.A. [5258] South Africa K002936654 Yes
Hatch, S.L. [4198] Kenya K002438710 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [91] South Africa K002936753 No
s.coll. [7] South Africa K002936698 Yes
Barbosa, L.A.G.; Myre, M. [62] Mozambique K002935270 Yes
[A.G. Honby] [625] South Africa K002936607 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [503] South Africa K002936648 Yes
Buchanan [245] South Africa K002936694 Yes
Smith, C.A. [5414] South Africa K002936653 Yes
Stewart [604] Kenya K002438734 Yes
Brueckner, A. [189] South Africa K002936758 No
Brueckner, A. [560] South Africa K002936713 Yes
Hemingway, P. [832] Kenya K002438722 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3298] Botswana K002935332 No
Galfin, E., G. [M 461] South Africa K000365152 Type Yes
Smith, C.A. [5249] South Africa K002936659 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [852 1/2] Kenya K002438731 Yes
Kirk (Dr) [s.n.] Zambia K002935267 Yes
Allen, J.G. [126] Kenya K002438721 Yes
Champion, A.M. [T171] Kenya K002438728 Yes
Feely; Ward [20] South Africa K002936702 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [9030] Namibia K002936608 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2072] Kenya K002438714 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936730 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1620] Kenya K002438708 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [602] South Africa K002936709 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A. [245] Mozambique K002935277 No
Strey, R.G. [261] Namibia K002936612 Yes
Codd, L.E. [5303] South Africa K002936602 Yes
Watts, W.L. [1330] Kenya K002438727 Yes
Smith, C.A. [5249] South Africa K002936657 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1057] Zambia K002935292 No
Smith, P.A. [803] Botswana K002935338 No
Edwards, D. [2739] South Africa K002936706 Yes
MacMurray, J. [5961] South Africa K002936719 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [362] Botswana K002935328 No
Trapnell, C.G. [971] Zambia K002935288 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2402] Kenya K002438711 Yes
Smith, C.A. [4097] South Africa K002936691 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1581] Botswana K002935336 No
Potts, G. [2461] South Africa K002936683 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002936729 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2972] Mozambique K002935275 Yes
Burchell [1982-[2]] South Africa K002936742 No
Davidse, G. [9226] Kenya K002438736 Yes
Rehmann, A. [5373] South Africa K000365151 Type Yes
van der Merwe, C.V. [1446] South Africa K002936723 Yes
Ament, J.G. [492] Kenya K002438723 Yes
de Winter, B. [2506] Namibia K002936616 Yes
Sittmann, K.E. [45] Namibia K002936615 Yes
Brückner, A. [145] South Africa K002936722 Yes
Smook, L.; Gibbs-Russell [1952] South Africa K002936637 Yes
Astule, W.L. [2497] Zambia K002935286 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [489] South Africa K002936620 Yes
Sampson, H.C. [92] Kenya K002438730 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S-243] Botswana K002935330 No
Greenway, P.J. [10,189] Tanzania K000495990 Yes
M. McCallum Webster [N 460] South Africa K000365153 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002936718 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [123] Zambia K002935290 Yes
Weber, O. [35] South Africa K002936646 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002093523 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28823] Mozambique K002935269 Yes
Buchanan [244] South Africa K002936697 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [591] South Africa K002936618 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24206] Tanzania K002438801 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [95] Kenya K002438741 Yes
Seydel, R. [1728] Namibia K002936592 Yes
Wilman, M. [11] South Africa K002936750 No
Evans, I.B.P. [395] South Africa K002936632 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [549] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436871 Yes
Liebenberg, L. [34] Uganda K002438705 Yes
Mott, P.J. [43] Botswana K002935339 No
Verboom, W.C. [s.n.] Zambia K002935293 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3812] South Africa K002936629 Yes
Davidse, G. [6838] South Africa K002936711 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9,982] Tanzania K000495991 Yes
de Koning, J. [7765] Mozambique K002935274 No
Muller, D.B. [840] South Africa K002936671 Yes
Allen, J.G. [174] Kenya K002438717 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [656] Botswana K002935327 No
Pooley, E.S. [1218] South Africa K002936708 Yes
Potgieter, J.A. [220] Namibia K002936588 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [17477] South Africa K002936626 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E.; Biegel, H.M. [2884] Botswana K002935337 No
Pentz, J.A. [19720] Namibia K002936624 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [1027] South Africa K002936663 Yes
Nganga, S.K. [141] Kenya K002438739 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1424] Kenya K002438718 Yes
Barker, F. [13] Malawi K002935279 Yes
Werger, M.J.A.; E & W [290] South Africa K002936680 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1453] Zambia K002935287 No
Atherstone, W.G. [s.n.] South Africa K002936625 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C. [1644] Mozambique K002935273 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1320] Kenya K002438735 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936735 Yes
Goossens, A.D. [756] South Africa K002936658 Yes
Smook, L. [4715] South Africa K002936665 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [268] South Africa K002936633 Yes
Story, R. [3454] South Africa K002936726 Yes
Nganga, S.K. [139] Kenya K002438740 Yes
Astule, W.L. [2164] Zambia K002935285 Yes
Kornas, J. [2394] Zambia K002935281 Yes
Stewart [545] Kenya K002438748 Yes
Wiss, H.J.; Kinges, H. [985] Namibia K002936603 Yes
Boss, G. [35122] Namibia K002936594 Yes
Wipplinger, N. [12] South Africa K002936670 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3449] Botswana K002935329 No
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W.H. [6832] South Africa K002936600 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2749] Kenya K002438749 Yes
Smook, L. [002779] South Africa K002936666 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000365154 Type Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5401] Namibia K002936599 No
Mbuvi, D.M. [444] Kenya K002438725 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2448] South Africa K002936638 Yes
Smook, L. [1816] South Africa K002936704 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 5548] Kenya K002438707 Yes
Retief, E.; Germishuizen, G. [82] South Africa K002936715 Yes
Oakes, A.J.; Bashaw, E.C. [2085] South Africa K002936695 Yes
Smook, L. [2117] South Africa K002936669 Yes
Smook [2144] South Africa K002936685 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Marinda [3689] Kenya K002438744 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [8842] South Africa K002936631 Yes
Brueckner, A. [[560]] South Africa K002936752 No
Boss, G. [35121] Namibia K002936595 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4193] Kenya K002438720 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [1364] South Africa K002936755 No
Wilman, M. [4214] South Africa K002936621 Yes
Bowker [s.n.] South Africa K002936743 No
de Hoogh, R.J. [104] Botswana K002935341 No
[Drake Brockeman] [s.n.] Somalia K002437448 Yes
Weber, O. [2] South Africa K002936647 Yes
Smith, C.A. [3938] South Africa K002936660 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [503] South Africa K002936636 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936724 Yes
Allen, J.G. [45] Kenya K002438732 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [827] South Africa K002936737 No
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936622 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16768] South Africa K002936628 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [535] South Africa K002936649 Yes
Biegel, H.; Russel, G. [3921] Botswana K002935340 No
Wilman, M. [25471] South Africa K002936721 Yes
Smook, L. [3252] South Africa K002936757 No
Ward, C.J. [2461] South Africa K002936696 Yes
MacKay, W. [s.n.] Kenya K002438729 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3265] Botswana K002935326 No
Smith, C.A. [4097] South Africa K002936656 Yes
Thulin, M. [1318] Ethiopia K002437445 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [5083] Kenya K002438726 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2715] Botswana K002935334 No
Smook, L. [2803] South Africa K002936674 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [535] South Africa K002936643 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2568] South Africa K002936739 No
Story, R. [6186] Namibia K002936601 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936747 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [3109] Zambia K002935283 Yes
Allan, J.A. [39] Kenya K002438716 Yes
Barnard, K.H. [16517] Namibia K002936605 Yes
M.W. [1424] South Africa K002936746 No
Smith, P.A. [1367] Botswana K002935335 No
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936623 Yes
Wilman [C2] South Africa K002936619 Yes
Feely; Ward [20] South Africa K002936701 Yes
Smook, L. [2644] South Africa K002936640 Yes
Wilman [s.n.] 27CPPOO Sporobolus marlothii K000365155 Type Yes

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