Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus piliferus (Trin.) Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 1: 211 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Guinea, Honduras, India, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

French Guiana, Guyana, Hawaii, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Suriname

Recorded in error in:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Enum. Pl. 1: 211 (1833).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm126.2019.1379. epublication.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Faccenda, K. (2022). http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op148p41-98.pdf. epublication.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 28 (1958).
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  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 46 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 45 (1947).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 61 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 56 (1960).
  • Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 211 (1833).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 143 (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 18, 1833 Hooker, J,D.; Thomas, T. [s.n.] India K000245151 Unknown Type Material Yes
Starr, F.; Starr, K. [s.n.] United States K002435729 No
s.coll. [3774] Nepal K002094510 Yes
Wraber, T. [98] Nepal K002094505 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [21995] India K002094526 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K002094508 Yes
Lawor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [336] Nigeria K002435829 Yes
Ammal, E. [1501] Nepal K002094515 Yes
Fendler, A. [1711] Venezuela K002938280 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1811] India K002094539 Yes
s.coll. [7628] Burundi K002436584 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2775] India K002094540 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP 994] India K002094533 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3667] India K002094535 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [22594] India K002094553 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [440] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436576 Yes
Hoock, J. [s.n.] Suriname K002938175 No
Farille, M.A. [81-830] Nepal K001614388 Yes
Farille, M.A. [81-672] Nepal K001614383 Yes
Hervey, D.F.A.; Esq [s.n.] K001312484 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6206] India K002094518 Yes
{L. Auglade, S. J.} [2198] India K002094548 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [3248] Guyana K002938174 Yes
s.coll. [95] India K002094554 Yes
Newton, I. [s.n.] K002435826 Yes
s.coll. [1746] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436586 Yes
Keke [1085] Nepal K002094506 Yes
Reekmans, M. [11011] Burundi K002436588 Yes
Zimmermann, A. [1215] Nepal K002094511 Yes
Boutique, R. [182] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436572 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] French Guiana K002938176 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3708] India K002094536 Yes
s.coll. [1870] Burundi K002436585 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [2349] India K002094552 Yes
Ritchie, D. [836] India K002094544 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6023] Burundi K002436581 Yes
Linden, I. [1565] K002938282 Yes
Van der Ben, D. [2050] Burundi K002436580 Yes
Germain [3621] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436565 Yes
Bor, N.L. [18427] India K002094546 Yes
Gaston, A. [2115] Chad K002436558 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5929] Burundi K002436582 Yes
Bhattacharyya, U.C. [24566] India K002094528 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K002094509 Yes
Lisowski, S. [703] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436570 Yes
Robyns, W. [3975] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436566 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; Gammie, G.A. [18720] India K002094519 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10991] Costa Rica K002937858 No
Reekmans, M. [5929] Burundi K002436591 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [4506] Guyana K002938172 Yes
Meebold, A. [9414] India K002094555 Yes
Gérard, P. [4450] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436579 Yes
Saadon, M. [1695] Niger K002435828 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4069] India K002094538 Yes
s.coll. [1889] Burundi K002436575 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44890B] India K002094549 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [3529] India K002094523 Yes
Sosef, M.S.M. [1739] Gabon K002436562 Yes
Van der Ben, D. [1997] Burundi K002436583 Yes
Reekmans, M. [7948] Burundi K002436592 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [s.n.] Cameroon K002436560 Yes
s.coll. [12061] India K002094542 Yes
Germain [6883] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436574 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002094520 Yes
Troupin, G. [195] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436567 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [11945] Cameroon K002436561 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094547 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [3529] India K002094525 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [25102] India K002094516 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [5081] India K002094527 Yes
Zimmermann, A. [1936] Nepal K002094512 Yes
Leonard, A. [4183] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436571 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44890A] India K002094550 Yes
[R. Bermiauin] [6883] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436563 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [3748] Guyana K002938173 Yes
Morton, C.V. [6998] Honduras K002937857 No
Leonard, A. [4183] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436568 Yes
Hoock-Cayenne, J. [s.n.] French Guiana K002938177 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094521 Yes
Reekmans, M. [9951] Burundi K002436589 Yes
Chaudhary, S.A. [RIY-13741] Pakistan K002094504 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8769] Burundi K002436590 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094545 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12756] Guinea K002435827 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Panama K002938277 Yes
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [4364] Nepal K002094514 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [3529] India K002094524 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [13251] India K002094530 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094531 Yes
s.coll. [9197] India K002094543 Yes
Hall, J.B.; Lawlor, D.W. [438] Nigeria K002435830 Yes
Britto, S.J. [s.n.] India K002094534 Yes
Polunin, O.; Sykes, W.R.; Williams, L.H.J. [3291] Nepal K002094513 Yes
[Lebum] [3367] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436578 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6948] Burundi K002436593 Yes
Nee, M. [8104] Panama K002938278 Yes
Fendler, A. [1711] Venezuela K002938281 Yes
Taton, A. [624] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436569 Yes
Meebold, A. [9416] India K002094541 Yes
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [4723] Nepal K002094507 Yes
Bille, J.C. [1681] K002436559 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [2362] India K001732273 Yes
s.coll. [123] Panama K002938279 Yes
s.coll. [3722] India K002094529 Yes
s.coll. [22812 ] India K002094517 Yes
s.coll. [1330] Burundi K002436587 Yes
Germain [6883] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436573 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanha, C.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP 903] India K002094532 Yes
Boutique, R. [54] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436577 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4037] India K002094537 Yes
Scaetta [1511] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436564 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Davidse, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [10745] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075662 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [11015] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075661 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Harley, R.M.; Smith, G.L. [31969] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075670 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F., da [24518] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075667 Yes
Lima, A. [58-2940] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075663 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17409] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075666 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4824] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075669 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17439] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075665 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [45797] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075660 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [43725] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075672 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22536] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075668 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Kummrow, R. [38261] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075671 Yes
Westra, L.Y.Th. [96] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075673 Yes
Widgren, J.F. [s.n.] Brazil Sporobolus ciliatus K001075664 Yes

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