Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus pellucidus Hochst.

First published in Flora 38: 201 (1855)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Niger to Ethiopia and Namibia, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, 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.
  • 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.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • 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: 201 (1855).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, 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.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • 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

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 29 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 410 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 47 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 45 (1947).
  • Hochst. in Flora 38: 201 (1855).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 56 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hemming, C.F. [2143] Somalia K002437403 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13,239] Tanzania K002438555 Yes
Burger, W. [3225] Ethiopia K002437379 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12,054] Tanzania K002438563 Yes
Oteke, J. [146] Kenya K002438528 Yes
Verdcourt [1959] Kenya K002438536 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W. [71/414] Kenya K002438525 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002437371 Yes
Hemingway, P. [820] Kenya K002438540 Yes
Stewart [595] Kenya K002438545 Yes
Brown, E.S. [1952 G] Kenya K002438542 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [192] Kenya K002438548 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [179] Somalia K002437407 Yes
Mbano, B.N.N.; Pesambili, N. [CAWM 5536] Tanzania K002438556 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [718] Kenya K002438522 Yes
Leippert [6373] Tanzania K002438557 Yes
Popov, G. [1064] Somalia K002437411 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [6937] Kenya K002438550 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2657] Ethiopia K002437384 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002437373 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1483] Ethiopia K002437380 Yes
Thulin, M.; Mohamed, B. [6845] Somalia K002437408 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Hassan, A.S. [4876] Somalia K002437409 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [985] Ethiopia K002437391 Yes
Leippert [5566] Tanzania K002438552 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4571] Ethiopia K002437392 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B.; Egziabher, T.B.G. [2492] Ethiopia K002437382 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [649] Kenya K002438524 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [77] Kenya K002438541 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1038] Kenya K002438538 Yes
s.coll. [1880/26] Kenya K002438539 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [14] Kenya K002438535 Yes
Ash, J.W. [320] Ethiopia K002437386 Yes
Saadou, M. [2334] Niger K002436189 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2767] Ethiopia K002437383 Yes
s.coll. [545] Sudan K002437372 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13463] Tanzania K001323252 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3319] Ethiopia K002437393 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3082] Ethiopia K002437396 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1670] Kenya K002438533 Yes
Leippert [5810] Tanzania K002438558 Yes
s.coll. [115] Ethiopia K002437387 Yes
Stewart; [D. R. M] [492] Kenya K002438547 Yes
Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [1139-1159] Kenya K002438551 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Verdcourt, B. [732] Kenya K002438549 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1296] Kenya K002438527 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12,772] Kenya K002438530 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3356a] Ethiopia K002437394 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [2229] Tanzania K002438553 Yes
{Peyre de Fabrēgues} [2024] Niger K002436188 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6977] Tanzania K002438565 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2170] Somalia K002437402 Yes
Adamson, T. [18] Kenya K002438531 Yes
Blair, I.J. [147] Sudan K002437374 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002437398 Yes
Gillet, H. [2165] K002436855 Yes
Gagah, C.N. [H-238] Kenya K002438532 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1255] Ethiopia K002437381 Yes
Richards, M. [25201] Tanzania K002438564 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [978A] Somalia K002437404 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5226] Tanzania K002438562 Yes
Smeds, H. [1184A] Ethiopia K002437399 Yes
Richards, M. [23707] Tanzania K002438554 Yes
Aweke, G.; Gilbert, M.G. [1039] Ethiopia K002437385 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12,049] Tanzania K002438566 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [3051] Ethiopia K002437388 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10,943] Tanzania K000984164 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2732] Ethiopia K002437377 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9846] Tanzania K000984162 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3356] Ethiopia K002437389 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7058] Ethiopia K002437397 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG 931177] Tanzania K001323253 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7053] Ethiopia K002437395 Yes
Greenway,P.J. [4390] Tanzania K002438567 Yes
Pratt, J.D. [375] Kenya K002438544 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6375] Tanzania K000984163 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [462] Kenya K002438523 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1620] Ethiopia K002437375 Yes
Lamprey, H.F. [324] Tanzania K002438560 Yes
Braun, H.H. [211] Tanzania K000984183 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5241] Tanzania K002438561 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [144] Somalia K002437406 Yes
Stewart [464] Kenya K002438546 Yes
Edwards, S. [3644] Ethiopia K002437376 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S134] Somalia K002437405 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7293] Saudi Arabia K002093732 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3426] Ethiopia K002437390 Yes
lmp. Eth. Coll. of Agriculture [c-57] Ethiopia K002437378 Yes
Thulin, M.; Dahir, A. [6738] Somalia K002437410 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4395] Tanzania K002438559 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [491] Kenya K002438537 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [86] Kenya K002438534 Yes
Wit, P. [1405] Nigeria K002436187 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B11105] Somalia K002437401 Yes
Mooney [7420] Ethiopia K002437400 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2026] Kenya K002438526 Yes
Linton, A. [190] Kenya K002438529 Yes
Faden, R.B. [68/899] Kenya K002438543 Yes

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