Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus tourneuxii Coss.

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 250 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mauritania, Tunisia, Ethiopia to Somalia, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to NW. India, Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, India, Mauritania, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Tunisia, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 36: 250 (1889).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.

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?
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [822] Pakistan K002094586 Yes
Cope, T.A. [397] Oman K002093927 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6250] Yemen K002093921 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein [5718] Somalia K002437734 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Pakistan K000245161 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cope, T.A. [585] Oman K002093928 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [28653] Pakistan K002094585 Yes
von Wissmann, H. [2547] Yemen K002093924 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [1159] Somalia K002437727 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein [5718] Somalia K002437733 Yes
Norris, J.J. [57] Pakistan K002094584 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2738] Yemen K002093922 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3586] Oman K002093926 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S102] Somalia K002437725 Yes
Adam, J.G. [19416] K002093965 No
Lavranos, J.J. [9125A] Somalia K002437729 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [B101] Somalia K002437731 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3268] Somalia K002437732 Yes
Cope, T.A. [665] Oman K002093929 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [549] Somalia K002437735 Yes
Cope, T.A. [525] Oman K002093931 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4096] Somalia K002437730 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [28653] Pakistan K002094583 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S172] Somalia K002437726 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Langström [7964] Yemen K002093925 Yes
Peck, E.F. [217] Somalia K002437728 No
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Langström [8326] Yemen K002093923 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21773] K002093966 No
Beckett, J.J. [1072] Somalia K002437736 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2624] Oman K002093930 Yes

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

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    • Flora of Somalia
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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