Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus pectinatus Hack.

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 53: 198 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces

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?
Mar 1, 1933 Burtt-Davy, L. [7736] South Africa K000365199 Type Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [17340] South Africa K002936288 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [1080] South Africa K002936292 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [107] South Africa K002936296 Yes
Dryfhout, P. [965] South Africa K002936287 Yes
Vorontsova, M.S.; Mashau, A.C.; Lehmann, C.; Solofondranohatra, C.L.; Archibald, S.; Rickenback, J. [2330] South Africa K001930367 No
Davy, J.B. [18887] South Africa K002936294 Yes
Moss, C.E. [6436] South Africa K002936291 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [30970] South Africa K002936301 Yes
Codd, L.E. [2560] South Africa K002936295 Yes
Moss, C.E. [6436] South Africa K002936290 Yes
Schlechter, R. [2453] South Africa K002936304 Yes
Story, R. [968] South Africa K002936302 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [1320] South Africa K002936305 Yes
de Winter, B. [47] South Africa K002936299 Yes
Pont, J.W. [s.n.] South Africa K002936300 Yes
Moss, C.E. [5935] South Africa K002936297 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [21727] South Africa K002936303 Yes
[E. W. Prosser] [1864] South Africa K002936289 Yes
Moss, C.E. [6788] South Africa K002936298 Yes
Codd, L.E. [2560] South Africa K002936293 Yes

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