Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus pungens (Schreb.) Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Mauritania. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Extinct in:

Portugal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Mouterde, P. (1966). Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie 1(Texte): 1-563. Éditions de l'imprimerie Catholique, Beyrouth.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dalmatia [s.n.] Italy K002093474 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002093458 No
Gandoger, M. [56] France K002093956 Yes
Gimingham, C.H. [[CY9A]] Libya K002093954 Yes
s.coll. [47] France K002093454 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002093466 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2839] Cyprus K002093740 Yes
s.coll. [2415] Greece K002093479 No
Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [38] Italy K002093467 No
Béguinot, A.; Fiori, Adr. [213] Italy K002093471 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002093449 No
Feuerer, T.; Höhne, N. [12886] Greece K002093477 No
Pollini, L.; Bicknell, C.; Pampanini, R.; Béguinot, A.; Fiori, Adr. [213] Italy K002093469 No
Richards, P.W.M. [1146/1] France K002093448 No
Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [38] K002093462 No
Berti [s.n.] K002093456 No
[J. Fanauly] [s.n.] France K002093445 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002093457 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001730617 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002093468 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002093455 No
Zohary, D.; Amdursky, I. [489] West Bank K002093747 Yes
Gandoger, M. [56] France K002093955 Yes
[A. Torseth Sheir] [H 29232] France K002093446 No
Bicknell, C.; Pollini, L.; Kneucker, A. [94] Italy K002093470 No
Rouf, A. [s.n.] France K002093447 No
Salzmann [s.n.] France K002093451 No
HGT. edd [776] Greece K002093475 No
s.coll. [24] France K001730618 No
Thomas, P. [s.n.] Italy K002093452 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [5974] Spain K002093472 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002093450 No
Piccone, A.; Willmott, E.A. [2662] Italy K002093465 No
Gandoger, M. [278] K002093464 No
[M. Damdndkis] [7829] Greece K002093478 No
Tedd, H.G. [776] Greece K002093476 No
Trist, P.J.O. [s.n.] Italy K002093460 No
Butler, T. [s.n.] K002093459 No
Carwel, J. [s.n.] K002093463 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002093958 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001730616 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002093453 No
J.C. [s.n.] K002093461 No
Muller [s.n.] France K001730619 No
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2748] Albania K002093473 No
Schousboe [178] K002093957 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