Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus nebulosus Hack.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 402 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Namibia to Cape Prov. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Namibia

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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dinter [8416] Namibia K002936958 No
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [5154] Namibia K002936982 No
de Winter; Hardy [8118] Namibia K002936966 No
de Winter; Hardy [8032] Namibia K002936968 No
Povah, A.H.W. [502] Namibia K002936983 No
Giess, W. [7846] Namibia K002936973 No
Seydel, R. [4310] Namibia K002936976 No
Seydel, R. [552] Namibia K002936967 No
Giess, W. [7846] Namibia K002936974 No
Müller, M.; Loutit, B. [1064] Namibia K002936981 No
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [380] Namibia K002936972 No
Giess, W. [8741] Namibia K002936977 No
de Winter; Hardy [8096] Namibia K002936970 No
Galpin, E.E.; Pearson, H.H.W.; Welwitsch [7418] K002936961 No
Smook, L. [4508] South Africa K002936987 No
de Winter; Hardy [8120] Namibia K002936964 No
Giess, W. [14684] Namibia K002936975 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [12586] Namibia K002936978 No
Oliver; Muller; Steenkamp [6586] Namibia K002936980 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2214] Namibia K002936965 No
Boss, G. [s.n.] Namibia K002936962 No
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa K002936986 No
Dinter [8416] Namibia K002936959 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [12686] Namibia K002936963 No
Dinter [546] Namibia K000365132 Type Yes
de Winter; Hardy [8090] Namibia K002936969 No
Dinter [7478] Namibia K002936960 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 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