Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus tetragonus Bor

First published in Kew Bull. 4: 251 (1949)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uttarakhand to India, W. Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, West Himalaya

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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1948 Kerr, A.F.G. [19762] Thailand K000290400 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1948 Kerr, A.F.G. [19762] Thailand K000290399 Type Yes
Thein Levin, U. [205] Burma K002094578 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [21190] K002094581 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [5039] Thailand K000648139 Yes
Smitinand, T. [2011] Thailand K000682640 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [21159] K002094582 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4598] Thailand K000682639 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [19026] India K002094579 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [18983] India K002094580 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [5179] Thailand K000682641 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4720] Thailand K000648140 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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