Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus wallichii Munro ex Thwaites

First published in J. Bot. 27: 171 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka, China (Yunnan) to Indo-China. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand

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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
McClelland [s.n.] Burma K002094680 Yes
Hugar, M.V. [2638] India K002094675 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [15172] Burma K002094683 Yes
Jacob, K.C. [18561] India K002094669 Yes
[N. Keim Lesni] [24] Burma K002094682 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1732] Sri Lanka K002094688 Yes
Kurz, S. [1167] Burma K002094679 Yes
Ferguson, W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002094686 Yes
Ramaswami, M.S. [1657] India K002094672 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [15172] Burma K002094681 Yes
s.coll. [17819] India K002094668 Yes
Barber, C.A. [2647] India K002094670 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002094673 Yes
Perumal, P. [18162] India K002094676 Yes
Soderstrom, T.; Kulatunge, S. [1732] Sri Lanka K002094685 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7390] Sri Lanka K002094687 Yes
Lace, J.H. [5922] Burma K002094678 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21335] India K002094674 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [47427] India K002094677 Yes
Lwin, T. [2911] Burma K002094684 Yes
Venugopal, N.; Manoharan, C. [17569] India K002094666 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [24710] India K002094667 Yes
s.coll. [14974] India K002094671 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