Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus subtilis Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 2: 421 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Tanzania and S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Congo, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Vilfa subtilis (Kunth) Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 88 (1839)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 115.
  • Rev. Gram. 2: 421 (1831)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.

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).
  • Kunth, Rév. Gram. 2: 421 (1831).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Haines, T. [34] Madagascar K002935908 Yes
Schlieben, H., J. [8165] Madagascar K000244780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1893] Zambia K002935814 Yes
[212] South Africa K002936937 Yes
s.coll. [11606] Mozambique K002935785 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [30042] Mozambique K002935781 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL 3060 ] Sierra Leone K002436540 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Chisumpa, S.M.; Polhill, R.M. [14046] Zambia K002935810 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9194] Liberia K002436545 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3883] Zambia K002935804 Yes
[10044] South Africa K002936931 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3920] Zambia K002935793 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1802] Zambia K002935802 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1173] Zambia K002935819 Yes
[1826] South Africa K002936924 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [182] Zimbabwe K002935831 Yes
Gomes, A.; Goyder, D.J. [636] Angola K001622071 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1677] Zambia K002935796 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002436543 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3764] Zambia K002935805 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6225] Zambia K002935818 Yes
[Qntuirabi] [48] K002935911 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [579] Zambia K002935799 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [10720] Zambia K002935812 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1239] Zambia K002935788 Yes
Crook, A.O. [496] Zimbabwe K002935827 Yes
Williamson, G. [1266] Zambia K002935816 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [266] Zimbabwe K002935826 Yes
s.coll. [9400] Sierra Leone K002436542 Yes
Jackson, G. [21] Zambia K002935801 Yes
Kerboom, W.C. [s.n.] Zambia K002935792 Yes
[6256] South Africa K002936929 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [255] Mozambique K002935783 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27581] Mozambique K002935784 Yes
[5417] South Africa K002936934 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7279] Zambia K002935803 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [579] Zambia K002935800 Yes
Astle, W.L. [262] Zambia K002935791 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1309] Zambia K002935787 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2304] Mozambique K002935779 Yes
Dransfield, S. [SD 907] Madagascar K002935910 Yes
[3408] South Africa K002936930 Yes
Harley, W.J. [2117] Liberia K002436544 Yes
[1756] South Africa K002936927 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9535] Zambia K001589104 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9692] Zambia K001589102 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9303] Zambia K001589106 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9223] Zambia K001589099 Yes
Simon, B.K. [939] Zimbabwe K002935823 Yes
[9189] Namibia K002936925 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1272] Zambia K002935789 Yes
[1969] South Africa K002936932 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [5918] Liberia K002436546 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [30042] Mozambique K002935782 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1948] Zambia K002935815 Yes
s.coll. [4092] Madagascar K002935914 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4384] Zambia K002935806 Yes
Smook, L. [10828] Malawi K002935786 Yes
Astle, W.L. [303] Zambia K002935790 Yes
Richards, P.W. [R7260] Sierra Leone K002436541 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A37] Zambia K002935795 Yes
[N. D. J. Corley] [185] Zimbabwe K002935829 Yes
Tuley, P. [483] Nigeria K002436549 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2214] Mozambique K002935780 Yes
Cleghorn, W.B. [562] Zimbabwe K002935822 Yes
Croat, T.B. [30023] Madagascar K002935909 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [579] Zambia K002935798 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1445] Liberia K002436547 Yes
Dybowski [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K000365273 Type Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [4906] Madagascar K002935912 Yes
[1061] South Africa K002936933 Yes
[276] South Africa K002936928 Yes
Fisher; [Schweinkendt] [460] Zimbabwe K002935828 Yes
Crook, A.O. [905] Zimbabwe K002935824 Yes
[4907] South Africa K002936926 Yes
West, O. [3267] Zambia K002935797 Yes
Robinson, D.A. [275] Zimbabwe K002935830 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5640] Zambia K002935813 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [359] Nigeria K002436548 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5652] Zambia K002935808 Yes
[212] South Africa K002936936 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A37] Zambia K002935794 Yes
s.coll. [672] Madagascar K002935913 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [11894] Zambia K002935811 Yes
Crook, A.O. [638a] Zimbabwe K002935825 Yes
[13265] South Africa K002936935 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5575] Zambia K002935809 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [988] Zambia K002935807 Yes
Laegaard, S. [15775] Zimbabwe K002935821 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1470] Zambia K002935817 Yes

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