Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus stapfianus Gand.

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 302 (1919 publ. 1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Niger to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

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.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 736.
  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 66: 302 (1920)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 410 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 48 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 46 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 548 (1956).
  • Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 66: 302 (1920).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 62 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 57 (1960).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 146 (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lebrun, J. [9254] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436975 Yes
Gillman, H. [40] Tanzania K002439439 No
McDonld, D.J. [199] South Africa K002936419 Yes
Stewart [440] Kenya K002439400 Yes
Smook, L. [970] South Africa K002936412 Yes
Acocks, J.; Höfstron, R. [56] South Africa K002936397 Yes
Van der Schijff, H.P. [1370] South Africa K002936405 Yes
Björnstad, A. [AB2058] Tanzania K002439450 No
Taylor, H. [s.n.] Kenya K002439395 Yes
Verdcourt [465] Kenya K002439428 No
Vesey-FitzGerald, D. [1376] Tanzania K002439449 No
Leonard, A. [5358] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436976 Yes
Bester, S.P. [4395] South Africa K002936390 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [1027] South Africa K002936389 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Rwabulindore, P. [Lye4449] Uganda K002439388 Yes
Wood, J.M. [7458] South Africa K002936427 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [1170] South Africa K002936392 Yes
Decary [s.n.] Madagascar K000624475 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [93] Kenya K002439413 Yes
Vorontsova, M.S.; Mashau, A.C.; Lehmann, C.; Solofondranohatra, C.L.; Archibald, S.; Rickenback, J. [2343] South Africa K001930359 No
Trapnell, C.G. [647] South Africa K002936400 Yes
Evans, I.B.P. [1546] South Africa K002936402 Yes
Williams, G.R. [124] Kenya K002439399 Yes
Darling, F. [2292] Kenya K002439424 No
Bullock, A.A. [2546] Tanzania K002439451 No
Behr, C.M. [159] South Africa K002936416 Yes
Lugard, E.J.; Lugard, C. [606] Kenya K002439402 Yes
Lely, H.V. [196] Nigeria K002436435 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3595] South Africa K000365143 Type Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3595] South Africa K000365142 Type Yes
Smook, L. [2611] South Africa K002936406 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1234] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436978 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3311] Yemen K002093920 No
Braun, H.H. [214] Tanzania K000984181 No
Trapnell, C.G. [647] South Africa K002936399 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1729] South Africa K002936395 Yes
McCusker, A. [DSM453] Tanzania K002439453 No
[T. F. St. George] [7236] South Africa K002936426 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [346] Kenya K002439419 Yes
Emson, H.E. [347] Tanzania K002439455 No
Smook, L. [4858] South Africa K002936417 Yes
VeseyFitzGerald, D. [2363] Tanzania K002439437 No
[8024] Mozambique K002935609 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1257] Tanzania K002439438 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4367] Ethiopia K002437857 Yes
Smook, L. [4452] South Africa K002936414 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3639] Tanzania K002439431 No
Haarer, A.E. [2352] Tanzania K002439435 No
Procter, J. [2500] Tanzania K002439436 No
West, O. [517] South Africa K002936424 Yes
s.coll. [5144] Rwanda K002436989 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker [1990] Kenya K002439421 Yes
Troupin, G. [2711] Rwanda K002436986 Yes
Napper, D. [544] Kenya K002439417 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24847] Kenya K002439405 Yes
Sturdy, D. [16] Tanzania K002439444 No
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6214] Namibia K002936388 Yes
Leippert [5582] Tanzania K002439440 No
Lebrun, J. [7912] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436974 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B5434] Kenya K002439411 Yes
Trapnell [2375A] Uganda K002439382 Yes
Taton [950] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436979 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002439403 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E5529] Uganda K002439391 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A.; Stolberger, S. [16931] Tanzania K002439447 No
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P. [8119A] Tanzania K002439452 No
Dümmer, R. [3095] Uganda K002439389 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [556] South Africa K002936403 Yes
Appleton, A.F. [126] South Africa K002936398 Yes
Lewalle, J. [4176] Burundi K002436990 Yes
Gerstner, J. [3646] South Africa K002936425 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. (Dr.) [315] Kenya K002439394 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N453 ] South Africa K002936423 Yes
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. [99] South Africa K002936391 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4829] Tanzania K002439446 No
Nelson, W. [274] South Africa K000365144 Type Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1498] Uganda K002439387 Yes
Davidse, G.; Loxton, A. [6046] South Africa K002936429 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2676] Tanzania K002439441 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [122] Kenya K002439422 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [287] Kenya K002439423 No
Scheepers, J.C. [779] South Africa K002936396 Yes
Moll, E.J.; Pooley, E.S. [4185] South Africa K002936420 Yes
s.coll. [6848] Rwanda K002436983 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [461] South Africa K002936421 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [224] South Africa K002936404 Yes
s.coll. [2778] Rwanda K002436988 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [771] Tanzania K002439454 No
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [827] Ethiopia K002437858 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2837] South Africa K002936409 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4616] Ethiopia K002437861 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [2832] Kenya K002439392 Yes
Smith, C.A. [s.n.] South Africa K002936401 Yes
Smook, L. [1339] South Africa K002936418 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25102] Kenya K002439397 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1498] Uganda K002439386 Yes
Nicholson, R.A. [5] Tanzania K002439448 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3900] South Africa K000365141 Type Yes
Taiti, S. [1892] Kenya K002439418 Yes
McDonald, J. [1065] Kenya K002439409 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P. [8119] Tanzania K002439445 No
Johnstone, M.J. (Miss) [41] Kenya K002439410 Yes
Troupin, G. [5320] Rwanda K002436987 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2711] Ethiopia K002437860 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8598] South Africa K002936411 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [30972] South Africa K002936393 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [711] Kenya K002439426 No
Lebrun, J. [8354] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002436977 Yes
UeseyFitzGerald, D. [2327] Tanzania K002439432 No
Smook, L. [906] South Africa K002936410 Yes
Troupin, G. [5144] Rwanda K002436982 Yes
Napier, E.R. [68364A] Kenya K002439408 Yes
[8024] Mozambique K002935612 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [2062] Tanzania K002439434 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [556] South Africa K002936407 Yes
Mhoro, B. [533] Tanzania K002439443 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002439393 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1548] Uganda K002439390 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [262] Kenya K002439406 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1400] Kenya K002439401 Yes
Ward, C.J. [s.n.] South Africa K002936422 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29563] South Africa K002936394 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [[24999]] Kenya K002439404 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1905] Kenya K002439415 Yes
Michel [4652] Rwanda K002436981 Yes
[V.G.L. van Lomesen] [AH9591] Kenya K002439412 Yes
Buchanan [96] South Africa K000365145 Type Yes
Zambatis, N. [451] South Africa K002936415 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25097] Kenya K002439398 Yes
s.coll. [1755] Burundi K002436985 Yes
Taylor, H.J. [1306] Kenya K002439396 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1331] Uganda K002439384 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K104] Kenya K002439416 Yes
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. [99] South Africa K002936408 Yes
s.coll. [1730] Burundi K002436984 Yes
Lyne, R.N. [151] Kenya K002439407 Yes
Williams, G.R. [0175] Kenya K002439414 Yes
[8024] Mozambique K002935611 Yes
Mhoro, B. [246] Tanzania K002439442 No
Vesey FitzGerald, D. [2007] Tanzania K002439433 No
Verdcourt [1960] Kenya K002439427 No
Wood, G.H.S. [990] Uganda K002439383 Yes
Zammatis, N. [530] South Africa K002936413 Yes
Decary, M.R. [15116] Madagascar K000624476 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [876] Ethiopia K002437859 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/869] Kenya K002439420 Yes
s.coll. [5320] Rwanda K002436980 Yes
Burgoyne, P.M. [12147] South Africa K002936428 Yes
Verdcourt; Darling, F. [[2]] Kenya K002439429 No
Tanner, R. [5594] Tanzania K002439430 No
Bogdan, A. [AB1820] Kenya K002439425 No
[1276] Mozambique K002935610 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2837] Uganda K002439385 Yes

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