Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus quadratus Clayton

First published in Kew Bull. 19: 290 (1965)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Kenya. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya

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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • W. D. Clayton in Kew Bulletin 19: 290 (1965).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1965 McCallum Webster, M. [K88] Kenya K000365234 Type Yes
Scott, H. [90] Ethiopia K002437413 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1008] Kenya K002438569 Yes
Luke, Q.; Hoft, M.; Mwatsuma, N. [8884] Kenya K002438585 Yes
Powell, H. [25] Kenya K002438578 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25073] Kenya K002438584 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. [273] Kenya K002438577 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1802] Kenya K002438570 Yes
Lyne Watt, W. [27] Kenya K002438573 Yes
Turner, A. [1571] Kenya K002438583 Yes
s.coll. [92] Ethiopia K002437412 Yes
Lugard, E.J.; Lugard, C. [s.n.] Kenya K002438579 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [s.n.] Kenya K002438568 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1025] Kenya K002438581 Yes
Tropnell, C.G. [2103] Kenya K002438587 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1017] Kenya K002438571 Yes
McDonald, J. [1287] Kenya K002438580 Yes
Turner, A. [1571] Kenya K002438574 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1013] Kenya K002438582 Yes
Fries, Rob.E.; Fries, Th.C.E. [s.n.] Kenya K002438572 Yes
Brunt, M. [s.n.] Kenya K002438576 Yes
McDonald, J. [889] Kenya K002438575 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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