Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus ruspolianus Chiov.

First published in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 5: 64 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Oman, Socotra, Somalia, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [964] Somalia K002437781 No
Boaler, S.B. [B194] Somalia K002437750 Yes
Bavazzano, R.; Lavranos, J. [s.n.] Somalia K002437779 No
Drake-Brockman [s.n.] Somalia K002437786 No
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Långström [8188] Yemen K002093787 Yes
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [5955] Somalia K002437743 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4148] Somalia K002437784 No
Simmons [S186] Ethiopia K002437737 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15581] Somalia K002437739 Yes
Bavazzano, R.; Lavranos, J. [s.n.] Somalia K002437780 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15504A] Somalia K002437744 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K002437754 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3030] Somalia K002437746 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2136] Somalia K002437782 No
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9381] Oman K002093789 Yes
Sandford, R. [13] Ethiopia K002437738 Yes
[R. E. Keoph] [Keoph 131] Somalia K002437751 Yes
Ud, A.A. [s.n.] Somalia K002437745 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4148] Somalia K002437783 No
Gillett, J.B.; Beckett, J.J. [23417] Somalia K002437747 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein [5694] Somalia K002437741 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [23130] Somalia K002437748 Yes
Appleton [s.n.] Somalia K000365252 Type Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [82] Somalia K002437785 No
Peck, E.F. [340] Somalia K002437752 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15504B] Somalia K002437740 Yes
Kazmi, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein [5694] Somalia K002437742 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [B18] Somalia K002437753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K002437755 Yes
Herlocker, D. [H455] Somalia K002437749 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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