Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus subglobosus A.Chev.

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & E. Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bull. Mus. Hist. Mat., sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Chev. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 407 (1972).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hall, J.B. [CC 595] Ghana K002435812 Yes
[Fau eguatu] [72] Nigeria K002435822 Yes
Rose, R. [31841] Ghana K002435799 No
[R,. Gloyta] [DC 599] Nigeria K002435818 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC 1159] Nigeria K002435820 Yes
Rose, R. [31705] Ghana K002435800 Yes
Akpabia, G.K. [1941] Ghana K002435808 Yes
Sawyer, J.C. [K11] Nigeria K002435821 Yes
Adams, C.D. [901] Ghana K002435810 Yes
Beale, W.P.B. [37a] Ghana K002435806 Yes
Sawyer, J.C. [K9] Nigeria K002435819 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC 510] Ghana K002435811 Yes
Rose, R. [32114] Ghana K002435801 Yes
[Gamensar] [581] Ghana K002435805 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13549] Ghana K002435804 Yes
Adams, C.D. [798] Ghana K002435814 Yes
Freeman, W.E. [S192] Nigeria K002435815 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [30493] Ghana K002435802 No
Hall, J.B. [711] Nigeria K002435823 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4736] Ghana K002435803 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13514] Ghana K002435807 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [s.n.] Nigeria K002435817 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC 838] Ghana K002435813 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [31869] Ghana K002435809 Yes
[Solzog] [127] Nigeria K002435816 No

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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