Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus helvolus (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz

First published in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 820 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Sahara to E. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to Nepal, Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Vilfa helvola Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 52 (1840)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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].
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • 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.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 392, 415
  • Consp. El. Afr. 5: 820 (1894)
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 736.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gillet, H. (1968). Le peuplement végétal du massif de l'Ennedi (Tchad). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie B. Botanique 17: 1-206.
  • 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].
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • 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.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.

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. 28 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 408 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 47 (1965).
  • Edwards & Bogdan, Imp. grassl. pl. Kenya: 40 (1951).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 45 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 548 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 56 (1960).
  • Th. Dur. & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 820 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ellis, P.E. [205] Ethiopia K002437646 Yes
Sampson, H.C. [31] Kenya K002439167 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7015] Tanzania K002439200 No
Poultney, R.G. [AB 5459] Kenya K002439164 Yes
Buxton, D.R. [1031] Kenya K002439171 Yes
[C. albre] [666] Pakistan K002094436 Yes
Innes, R.R. [RRI 813] Somalia K002437680 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [2019] Tanzania K002439181 No
Collenette, I.S. [4850] Saudi Arabia K002093607 Yes
Staples, R.R. [235] Tanzania K002439188 No
Welch, J.R. [s.n.] Kenya K002439148 Yes
Mhoro, B. [171] Tanzania K002439187 No
s.coll. [18] India K002094440 Yes
Herlocker [S- 465] Somalia K002437675 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13338] Kenya K002439151 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2318] Tanzania K002439184 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12675] Kenya K002439159 Yes
Ament, J.G. [449] Kenya K002439147 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K002094442 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6310] Somalia K002437672 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [311] Somalia K002437679 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4795] Kenya K002439175 No
Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] K002437619 Yes
Sawyer, A.M. [2678] Burma K002094446 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [862] Somalia K002437664 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17623] Somalia K002437693 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [1462] Kenya K000489763 Yes
Thomas, D.R. [631] Kenya K002439157 Yes
[FWL] [s.n.] Sudan K002437617 Yes
Iecama [BH38] Ethiopia K002437649 Yes
Aylmer, G. [341] Sudan K002437640 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8984] Saudi Arabia K002093609 No
Getachew; Abdela, A. [12889] Ethiopia K002437655 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2095] Kenya K002439179 No
Innes, R.R. [RRI 614] Somalia K002437688 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21326] India K002094441 Yes
Wieland, R. [1211] Somalia K002437699 Yes
Innes, R.R. [RRI 626] Somalia K002437689 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [575] Central African Republic K002437644 Yes
Procter, J. [1300] Tanzania K002439199 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094438 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2365] Somalia K002437661 Yes
{Wight} [3307] India K002094443 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4603] Saudi Arabia K002093612 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13000] Kenya K002439153 Yes
Kuchar, P. [16185] Somalia K002437681 Yes
Pfund [206] Sudan K002437611 Yes
Ebbd, T. [814] Ethiopia K002437652 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [JESS/86/100-111] Somalia K002437692 Yes
Poultney, R.G. [AB 5461] Kenya K002439165 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24268] Somalia K002437698 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [203] Sudan K002437638 Yes
Rahman Beg, G. [25825] Pakistan K002094437 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12835] Kenya K002439173 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4801] Kenya K002439177 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 2995] Kenya K002439178 No
Andrews, F.W. [A61] Sudan K002437612 Yes
Pratt, D.F. [460] Kenya K002439154 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmikh, I. [Jess 312-314] Somalia K002437701 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [903] Somalia K002437671 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2285] Kenya K002439152 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4557] Tanzania K002439193 No
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/11-14] Somalia K002437686 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [1040] Somalia K002437669 Yes
Aylmer, G. [341] Sudan K002437643 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2107A] Ethiopia K002437648 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A. [5128] Somalia K002437678 Yes
s.coll. [552] Central African Republic K002437641 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002437639 Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan K002437620 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/44-49] Somalia K002437685 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4722] Saudi Arabia K002093611 Yes
Leippert [6003] Tanzania K002439202 No
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 556] Kenya K002439163 Yes
s.coll. [704] Sudan K002437614 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6147] Kenya K002439161 Yes
Stewart [486] Kenya K002439169 Yes
Fison, T. [96] Somalia K002437663 Yes
Buxton, D.R. [1037] Kenya K002439172 Yes
Innes, R.R. [RRI 841] Somalia K002437682 Yes
Parker, C. [E415] Ethiopia K002437658 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6357] Kenya K000489758 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [2112] Tanzania K002439196 No
Ehrenberg, C.G. [[182]] K002437618 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbego, F. [24217] Tanzania K002439191 No
Fison, T. [44] Somalia K002437662 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15352] Somalia K002437677 Yes
Backéus, I. [1202] Tanzania K002439195 No
S. pare [1717] Tanzania K002439185 No
Herlocker, D. [H 451] Somalia K002437674 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6902] Kenya K002439162 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12642] Chad K002436931 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/189-191] Somalia K002437691 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1450] Kenya K002439166 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094445 Yes
M.N.H. [1241] Sudan K002437636 Yes
Thainu, N. [16] Kenya K002439158 Yes
Greenway [2019] K000365226 Type Yes
Sampson, H.C. [2] Kenya K002439170 Yes
Wieland, R. [4667] Somalia K002437673 Yes
[A. Blair Rains] [7980] Tanzania K002439194 No
Herlocker, D. [H 446] Somalia K002437676 Yes
Sedgwick, L.J. [146] India K002094444 Yes
Kotschy [74] Sudan K000365253 Type Yes
Andrews, J.W. [A186] Sudan K002437642 Yes
Brown, F.B.H. [17] Ethiopia K002437660 Yes
Mooney, S.I. [7430] Ethiopia K002437659 Yes
Aden; Birdwood, W.S. [138] K002093613 Yes
Qaiser, M.; Ghafoor, A.; Husain, A. [4111] Pakistan K002094433 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24246] Tanzania K002439190 No
Peck, E.F. [322] Somalia K002437665 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Elmi; Rodol [792] Somalia K002437700 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1458] Kenya K002439160 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3150] Kenya K002439174 No
Sandford, R. [5] Ethiopia K002437653 Yes
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [065] Kenya K002439150 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [JESS/86/128-134] Somalia K002437690 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1379] Sudan K002437645 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [1004] Somalia K002437668 Yes
Burger, W. [2160] Ethiopia K002437657 Yes
s.coll. [G 7] Somalia K002437683 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [3104] Sudan K002437615 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [3011] Kenya K000489760 Yes
Getachew; Abdela, A. [12829] Ethiopia K002437656 Yes
Williams, N. [7226] Pakistan K002094435 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6190] Somalia K002437666 Yes
Hatch, S.L. [4289] Kenya K002439176 No
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6181] Somalia K002437667 Yes
Gorini, P. [s.n.] Somalia K002437684 Yes
Leippert [5828] Tanzania K002439197 No
[H. O. Barkland] [17] Tanzania K002439198 No
Wieland, R. [1549] Somalia K002437696 Yes
Getachew; Abdela, A. [12864] Ethiopia K002437654 Yes
Praet, V.; U.N.D.; F.A.O. [s.n.] Kenya K000489762 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002439146 Yes
Mhoro, B. [1139] Tanzania K002439186 No
Martin, A.L.; Handulle; Hakim, A. [s.n.] Somalia K002437695 Yes
Glover; Samuel; Wateridge [2969] Kenya K002439155 Yes
Innes, R.R. [RRI 621] Somalia K002437687 Yes
[H. O. Baekland] [12] Tanzania K002439192 No
Mathuge, S.G. [111] Kenya K002439156 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5055] Kenya K000489761 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [1040] Somalia K002437670 Yes
Santapau, H. [16741] India K002094439 Yes
Nicholson, B.D. [88] Tanzania K002439203 No
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [418] Somalia K002437650 Yes
Norris, F.F. [138] Pakistan K002094434 Yes
[FWL] [s.n.] Sudan K002437616 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1184] Eritrea K002437647 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24311-14] Somalia K002437697 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6761] Tanzania K002439182 No
[ H ellam Resberg] [477] Tanzania K002439180 No
M.N.H. [982] Sudan K002437637 Yes
s.coll. [4373] Cameroon K002436930 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [749] Sudan K002437613 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4849] Saudi Arabia K002093608 Yes
Beals, E.; Prosser, M. [82] Ethiopia K002437651 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9238] Kenya K002439168 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17044] Somalia K002437694 Yes
Robson, T.O. [189] Tanzania K002439204 No
Vesey-FitzGerald, D. [2219] Tanzania K002439201 No
Mathew, B.F.; Gwynne, M.D. [6773] Kenya K000489759 Yes
s.coll. [HSM/498] Tanzania K002439189 No

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