Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus nervosus Hochst.

First published in Flora 38: 202 (1855)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mauritania, Ethiopia to Tanzania, S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to NW. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Chad, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, Mauritania, Namibia, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • in Flora 38: 202 (1855).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 410 (1972).
  • Hochst. in Flora 38: 202 (1855).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1963 Verdcourt [2561] Kenya K000365227 Type Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3627] Oman K002093726 No
Richards, M. [23566A] Tanzania K002438969 Yes
Richards, H.M. [24995] Tanzania K002438965 Yes
Lonside Wood, J.R. [S/73/147] Somalia K002437480 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 908] Kenya K002438953 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002438961 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [5118] Namibia K002936992 No
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [458] Kenya K002438940 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2793] Kenya K002438944 Yes
Adam, J.G. [19417] K002093953 No
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [142] Somalia K002437491 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10409] Tanzania K002438966 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [978] Somalia K002437501 Yes
Keogh, R.E. [129] Somalia K002437498 Yes
Forquharson, R.A. [4] Somalia K002437481 Yes
Leippert [6409] Tanzania K002438959 Yes
Appleton [s.n.] Somalia K000365256 Type Yes
Appleton [s.n.] Somalia K000365255 Type Yes
Chaudhary, S.A. [8377] Saudi Arabia K002093722 No
Van Swinderen, H. [M88] Kenya K002438942 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1432] Kenya K002438939 Yes
Cope, T.A. [445] Oman K002093725 No
Pearson, H., H. W. [4779] K000365125 Type Yes
T. [O.] Robson [190] Tanzania K002438957 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [s.n.] Somalia K002437492 Yes
s.coll. [2803] Kenya K002438949 Yes
Chaudhary, S. [12598] Saudi Arabia K002093721 No
Bryant, E.G. [636A] South Africa K002936989 No
Beckett, J.J. [184] Somalia K002437489 Yes
Van Swinderen, H. [M 136] Kenya K002438937 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [s.n.] Somalia K002437494 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [220] Somalia K002437488 Yes
Gillet, H. [3139] K002436876 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002438963 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [576] Kenya K002438952 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [s.n.] South Africa K002936998 No
Smook, L. [6950] South Africa K002937002 No
Thulin, M.; Mohamed, B. [6845 A] Somalia K002437503 Yes
s.coll. [1293] Tanzania K002438956 Yes
Leippert [5849] Tanzania K002438960 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4820] Ethiopia K002437483 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [12614] South Africa K002937001 No
Martin, J.A. [9] Somalia K002437490 Yes
Strey, R.G. [RSB2055] Namibia K002936995 No
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002438964 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2993] Kenya K002438947 Yes
de Winter, B. [3481] Namibia K002936990 No
Verdcourt [2753] Kenya K002438955 Yes
s.coll. [MS551] Kenya K002438945 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [s.n.] Tanzania K002438967 Yes
Stewart, D.R.N. [495] Kenya K002438946 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] K000245607 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kinges, H. [2108] South Africa K002936988 No
Gillett, J.B. [4820] Ethiopia K002437482 Yes
Dinter, K. [2135] Namibia K002936993 No
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [5854] Somalia K002437486 Yes
de Winter; Hardy [8014] Namibia K002936991 No
McKinnon, A.S. [s.n.] Somalia K002437496 Yes
Leippert [5806] Tanzania K002438962 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [s.n.] Somalia K002437497 Yes
Kirrit; Drake-Brockman [495] Somalia K002437484 Yes
Gillet, H. [s.n.] K002436877 Yes
Wieland, R. [1499] Somalia K002437504 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [2399] South Africa K002936999 No
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] India K000245148 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5809] Saudi Arabia K002093723 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W. [71/405] Kenya K002438938 Yes
Leippert [5770] Tanzania K002438968 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [154] Somalia K002437500 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [970] Somalia K002437502 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2993] Kenya K002438950 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K000245147 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [719] Kenya K002438948 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [s.n.] Somalia K002437493 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [8103] K000365126 Syntype Yes
Bremaud [5] Kenya K002438943 Yes
s.coll. [1902/48] Kenya K002438954 Yes
Paulo, S. [402] Tanzania K000984182 Yes
Nugert, R. [53] Somalia K002437485 Yes
Pratt, D.J. [MS 638] Kenya K002438951 Yes
Smook, L. [9575] South Africa K002936996 No
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [135] Somalia K002437499 Yes
Strey, R.G. [2055] Namibia K002936994 No
Chuwa, S. [2636] Tanzania K000984154 Yes
s.coll. [MS403] Kenya K002438941 Yes
Robson, T.O. [203] Tanzania K002438958 Yes
Story, R. [1100] South Africa K002936997 No
McKinnon, A.S. [s.n.] Somalia K002437495 Yes
Codd, L.E. [1197] South Africa K002937000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [2021] Yemen K002093724 No
Beckett, J.J. [221] Somalia K002437487 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6728] Saudi Arabia K002093720 No

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