Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus pulchellus R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 170 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China, New Guinea to N. & Central Australia. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Laos, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia

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.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 5, 1992 Brown, R. [6206] Australia K000907402 Type Yes
Aug 5, 1992 s.coll. [170] Australia K000907400 Syntype Yes
Aug 5, 1992 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000907401 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 5, 1992 Schomburgk, R. [112] Australia K000907399 Unknown Type Material Yes
Specht, R.L. [145] Australia K002094903 Yes
Allen, C.E.F. [142] Australia K002094905 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7906] Australia K002094904 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7961] Australia K002094906 Yes
s.coll. [20] Australia K002094902 Yes
Hockings, F. [s.n.] Australia K002094907 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