Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus microprotus Stapf

First published in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 218 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Kenya. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Clayton in Kew Bull. 19: 293.
  • in Mém Soc. Bot. Fr. 2, 8: 218 (1912)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 407 (1972).
  • Stapf in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58, Mém. 8: 218 (1912).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2001 Laegaard, S. [21131] Burkina Faso K000212107 Yes
Aug 1, 1963 Aké Assi, L. [6463] Burkina Faso K000212108 Yes
Aug 1, 1963 Aké Assi, L. [6394] Burkina Faso K000212109 Yes
Mar 1, 1962 Hagerup, O. [390] Mali K000212112 Yes
Mar 1, 1962 Davey, J.T. [15] Mali K000212113 Yes
Mar 1, 1962 Davey, J.T. [16] Mali K000212111 Yes
Hall, J.B. [596] Ghana K002435913 Yes
Madsen, J.E.; Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [16980] Senegal K002435891 Yes
Chevalier [9640] Central African Republic K000365289 Type Yes
Troupin, G. [1118] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436637 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] Ghana K002435905 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32656] Ghana K002435911 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [3547] Ghana K002435904 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2255] Sudan K002437208 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32421] Ghana K002435907 Yes
Blair, I.J. [145] Sudan K002437203 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6301] Cote d'Ivoire K002435900 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [6843] Cote d'Ivoire K002435901 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [FHI 8005] Nigeria K002435917 Yes
Fotius [541] Senegal K002435895 No
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S. [17894] Senegal K002435892 Yes
Wingfield, R.C. [3425] Tanzania K002438111 Yes
Schimper [1071] Ethiopia K002437210 Yes
Troupin, G. [1528] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436639 Yes
Niamir, M. [80] Sudan K002437205 Yes
Schweinfurth [2379] Sudan K000365265 Type Yes
Oppong, E.K. [193] Ghana K002435902 Yes
Aubineau, G. [1988] Chad K002436632 Yes
Sherif, M.I. [A 3997] Sudan K002437207 Yes
Beshir, B. [77] Sudan K002437204 Yes
[illegible] [F179] Uganda K002438108 Yes
Robyns, W. [3001] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436635 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [31016] Ghana K002435912 Yes
Troupin, G. [1319] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436638 Yes
Davey, J.T. [071] Mali K002435896 Yes
Angus, A. [5867] Uganda K002438106 Yes
Troupin, G. [1528] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436636 Yes
Joan Lieshcut, S.M.; Ticheler, J. [12] Burkina Faso K002435903 Yes
Geerling, C.; Van Lavieren, L.P.; Ngog Njé, J. [5370] Cameroon K002436634 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [1,012] Sudan K002437206 Yes
Brown, R.D. [DRB34] Uganda K002438104 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K002435897 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK2602] Uganda K002438101 Yes
Namaganda, M. [1026] Uganda K002438103 Yes
Thomas, A.G. [Th4427] Uganda K002438105 Yes
De Leeuw, P.N.D.; Magaji, S.O. [1985] Nigeria K002435919 Yes
Daggash, M. [24886] Nigeria K002435916 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [31440] Ghana K002435910 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2294] Sudan K002437202 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1761] Uganda K002438109 Yes
Scholz [57] Burkina Faso K000212110 No
Angus, A. [5867] Uganda K002438107 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32326] Ghana K002435908 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9367] Sudan K002437201 Yes
Hall, J.B. [561] Ghana K002435909 Yes
De Leeuw, P.N.D. [1242] Nigeria K002435918 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17018] Senegal K002435894 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3328] Central African Republic K002436633 Yes
Schweinfurth [184] Sudan K000365264 Type Yes
Kalema, J. [3367] Uganda K002438102 Yes
Lynes, H. [s.n.] Sudan K002437209 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Madsen, J.E.; Goudiaby, A. [17352] Senegal K002435893 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32047] Ghana K002435906 Yes
Berhaut [458] Senegal K002435898 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1761] Uganda K002438110 Yes

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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