Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus nitens Stent

First published in Bothalia 1: 281 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. 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

  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Moll, E.J. [4341] South Africa K002936155 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [2171] South Africa K002936162 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002936159 Yes
Cook, F.E.M.; Linington, S.; Sydes, C. [44] Botswana K002439921 Yes
Stent, S., M. [H 21445] South Africa K000365184 Type Yes
Macedo, A.; Macuacua, L.; A.M. [1127] Mozambique K002439913 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [250] South Africa K002936151 Yes
H. C. D. de Wit [s.n.] South Africa K002936153 Yes
Brueckner, A. [378] South Africa K002936161 Yes
Godfrey, R.K. [SH1684] South Africa K002936152 Yes
Ward, C.J. [2289] South Africa K002936158 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E.W. [510] South Africa K002936147 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [14849] South Africa K002936144 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [N 241] South Africa K002936157 Yes
Kelaole, E.T. [585] Botswana K002439920 Yes
Codd, L.E. [676] South Africa K002936166 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9690] South Africa K002936165 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3679] South Africa K000365182 Type Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3679] South Africa K000365183 Type Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Mogg [2869] South Africa K002936143 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [691] South Africa K002936141 No
Evans, I.B.P. [590] South Africa K002936150 Yes
Oakes; Scheepe [353] South Africa K002936139 No
Pillaus, N. [1759] South Africa K002936163 Yes
Brueckner, A. [379] South Africa K002936160 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E.W. [681] South Africa K002936148 Yes
Cook, F.E.M.; Linington, S.; Sydes, C. [44] Botswana K002439919 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E.W. [681] South Africa K002936149 Yes
Tropnell, C.G. [673] South Africa K002936145 No
Robinson, D.A. [148] Zimbabwe K002439918 Yes
Smith, P.P. [s.n.] Zambia K002439916 Yes
de Winter, B. [8711] South Africa K002936140 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [510] South Africa K002936142 No
Borle, J.M. [370] Mozambique K002439915 Yes
de Koning, J.; Groenendijk, E.M.C. [9253] Mozambique K002439914 Yes
Townsend, S. [s.n.] Eswatini K002936167 Yes
Brueckner, A. [378] South Africa K002936164 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15893] Zimbabwe K002439917 Yes
Wasserfall, E. [s.n.] South Africa K002936146 Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] K002937560 Yes
Pooley, E.S. [1161] South Africa K002936156 Yes
Kinges, H. [1419a] South Africa K002936154 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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