Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus myrianthus Benth.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 565 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Kenya and S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Fl. Nigrit. 565 (1849).

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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • 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

  • Benth. in Hook., Fl. Nigrit.: 565 (1849).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 410 (1972).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pawek, J. [10710] Malawi K002935448 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2221] Zimbabwe K002935486 Yes
Mawalla, E. [4974] Tanzania K002439246 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [2/97] Zambia K002935460 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1168] Zambia K002935468 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/487] Malawi K002935452 Yes
Vogel [190] Niger K000365318 Holotype Yes
Vogel [190] Niger K000365317 Type Yes
Vogel [190] Niger K000365319 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [4622] Zambia K002935475 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [4138] Angola K002935495 Yes
Maitand, J.D. [67 AB] Uganda K002439206 Yes
Pedersen, C. [678] Tanzania K002439229 Yes
Davis, R.M. [3152] Zimbabwe K002935485 Yes
Thomson, W.R. [29] Zimbabwe K002935489 Yes
Leippert [6276] Tanzania K002439248 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [518] Zambia K002935467 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1012] Zambia K002935483 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [13208] Zambia K002935457 Yes
Astle, W.L. [4342] Zambia K002935464 Yes
Vesey- Fizgeiald, D. [2337] Tanzania K002439223 Yes
Emson, H.E. [418] Tanzania K002439234 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/385] Malawi K002935454 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [2345] Zimbabwe K002935491 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1773] Tanzania K002439243 Yes
Jackson, G. [337] Malawi K002935453 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [3119] Zambia K002935477 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [5076] Uganda K002439207 Yes
Pesambili, A. [In MRC P-4] Tanzania K002439237 Yes
Fenner, J.E.L. [206] Malawi K002935456 Yes
Thomson, P.J. [723] Zimbabwe K002935488 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/401] Malawi K002935451 Yes
Hoonby, H.E. [205] Tanzania K002439232 Yes
[B. G. Goldsmith] [2/56] Zimbabwe K002935490 Yes
Homble, H., A. [16] Cameroon K000365294 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. [816] Zambia K002935472 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/399] Malawi K002935450 Yes
Sayalel in Mweka, P.O. [5189] Tanzania K002439231 Yes
[D. Vesey- Fitzaeial] [2237] Tanzania K002439221 Yes
[J. R. M. Stewart] [99] Zambia K002935481 Yes
Pinhey, E.C.G. [17B] Zambia K002935469 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9410] Zambia K001589109 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8841] Zambia K001589111 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9958] Zambia K001589112 Yes
Gillman, H. [s.n.] Tanzania K002439242 Yes
Mawalla, E. [4974] Tanzania K002439214 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A1] Zambia K002935478 Yes
Vesey- Fizgeiald, D. [2283] Tanzania K002439218 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2667] Zambia K002935463 Yes
Letouzey, R. [11329] Cameroon K002436932 Yes
Björnstad, A. [AB 2174] Tanzania K002439249 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1333] Uganda K002439209 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P 1018] Uganda K002439208 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1806] Kenya K002439212 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3623] Zambia K002935470 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1100KBS] Zambia K002935465 Yes
Hall-Martin, A. [1581] Malawi K002935449 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.; A.J.M. [434] Malawi K002935446 Yes
Vesey-FitzGerald; Simon; Williamson; Richards [1575] Zambia K002935462 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [10952] Cameroon K002436933 Yes
Thomeson, P.J. [705] Zimbabwe K002935487 Yes
Thompson, G.W.St.-C. [509 A] Tanzania K002439235 Yes
s.coll. [116] Congo, Republic of the K002436934 Yes
Lynes, H. [Pr25a] Tanzania K002439247 Yes
Lynes, H. [Ih43e] Tanzania K002439244 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5714] Zambia K002935458 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1233A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436938 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0905] Zambia K002935459 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A252] Zambia K002935479 Yes
s.coll. [10005] Angola K002935496 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [764] Zambia K002935480 Yes
Richards [8] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436937 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [3083] Zambia K002935474 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1096] Tanzania K002439226 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2549] Tanzania K002439225 Yes
Newman, J.L. [149] Tanzania K002439224 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [400] Tanzania K002439250 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4176] Zambia K002935471 Yes
Lynes, H. [Pr22] Tanzania K002439245 Yes
Richards, M. [25313] Tanzania K002439219 Yes
Vesey- Fizgerald, D. [1527] Tanzania K002439222 Yes
Lovett, J.; Sidwell, K.; Kayombo, C.J. [3833] Tanzania K002439241 Yes
s.coll. [98] Congo, Republic of the K002436935 Yes
Mofett, A.A. [118] Zambia K002935492 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8452] Tanzania K002439230 Yes
Staples, R.R. [506] Tanzania K002439239 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8339] Tanzania K002439215 Yes
Richards, H.M. [3674] Zambia K002935482 Yes
Backeus, I. [1250] Tanzania K002439236 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2545] Tanzania K002439216 Yes
Leippert, H. [5170] Kenya K002439213 Yes
Lovett, J.; Sidwell, K.; Kayombo, C.J. [3725] Tanzania K002439220 Yes
Brain, C.K. [3090] Zimbabwe K002935494 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [3/67] Zambia K002935461 No
Robinson, E.A. [6] Zambia K002935484 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [3246] Zambia K002935476 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1734] Kenya K002439210 Yes
Pawek, J. [13309] Malawi K002935447 Yes
Hartley [2234] Zimbabwe K002935493 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [3168] Zambia K002935473 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25099] Kenya K002439211 Yes
N.B.J. [1234] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436936 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T40] Tanzania K002439240 Yes
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [3491] Tanzania K002439217 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1198] Zambia K002935466 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [384] Tanzania K002439238 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [812] Tanzania K002439227 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1579] Tanzania K002439228 Yes
Fenner, J.E.L. [208] Malawi K002935455 Yes
Bruce [609] Tanzania K002439233 Yes
Pawek, J. [7758] Malawi K002935445 Yes

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