Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus olivaceus Napper

First published in Kirkia 3: 117 (1963)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Zambia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 47 (1965).
  • Napper in Kirkia 3: 117 (1963).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Knight, I. [AB 4496] Kenya K002438672 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4754] Tanzania K002438683 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25065] Kenya K002438675 Yes
Wesche, K. [1055] Kenya K002438669 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T139] Tanzania K002438681 Yes
Stolz, A. [21] Tanzania K002438680 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25043] Kenya K002438668 Yes
Bally, J. [60] Kenya K002438674 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [2505Y] Kenya K002438667 Yes
Dale, I.R. [s.n.] Kenya K002438677 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, J.E. [E4790] Uganda K002438659 Yes
Geilinger, W. [5123] Tanzania K002438682 Yes
Wingfield, R. [771] Tanzania K002438678 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5290] Ethiopia K002437436 Yes
Stolz, A, [2621] Tanzania K000365233 Type Yes
Stolz, A, [2621] Tanzania K000365232 Type Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3948] Kenya K002438665 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [T100d] Tanzania K002438684 Yes
Naiga [438] Uganda K002438664 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1746] Uganda K002438660 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4882] Tanzania K002438686 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [s.n.] Uganda K002438662 Yes
Thulin, M.; Tidigs, A. [253] Kenya K002438666 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [1494] Tanzania K002438685 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, J.E. [E 5046] Uganda K002438658 Yes
[A. D. Stolz] [1621] Tanzania K002438679 Yes
Katende [913] Uganda K002438663 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1113] Kenya K002438673 Yes
Pawek, J. [13312] Malawi K002935256 Yes
Simon; Williamson; Richards; Vesey-Fitzgerald [1574] Zambia K002935258 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4730] Zambia K002935259 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A156] Zambia K002935257 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7652] Tanzania K002438688 Yes
Sanane, M. [1493] Zambia K002935260 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1717] Uganda K002438661 Yes
Senga, C. [17] Tanzania K002438687 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3256] Kenya K002438676 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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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