Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P.M.Peterson

First published in Taxon 63: 1234 (2014)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to NW. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen

Introduced into:

California, Idaho, Mexico Northwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2010). Med-Checklist Notulae, 29. Willdenowia 40: 189-204.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Clarke, C., B. [32052] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K000244770 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Sieber [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K000244771 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K000244773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Roger dedit [91] Senegal Crypsis vaginiflora K000365123 Type Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [27] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938778 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [23] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938801 Yes
{Griffith} [152] Afghanistan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938878 Yes
Drar, M. [4226] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938795 Yes
Meinertzhagen [s.n.] Libya Crypsis vaginiflora K002938818 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [5817] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938892 Yes
Bromfield [43] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938786 Yes
Pappi [4430] Eritrea Crypsis vaginiflora K002938897 Yes
Keller, A. [384] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938792 Yes
Pfund [486] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938794 Yes
Muschler [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938798 Yes
Drar, M. [4226] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938784 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1010] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K000244772 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ball, J. [245] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938797 Yes
Keller, A. [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938790 Yes
Chase, N.C. [6983] Mozambique Crypsis vaginiflora K002938905 Yes
{Kotschy} [210] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938895 Yes
[C. H. Davis] [6062B] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938785 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938876 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Baksh, R. [21221] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938875 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K001732288 Yes
Pettet, A. [133] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938891 Yes
T.T. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938870 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21224] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938883 Yes
T.T. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938871 Yes
{Kotschy} [210] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938894 Yes
[H. M.]; [A. G. Brown] [040] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938888 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A198] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938890 Yes
{Stocks} [1212] Pakistan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938872 Yes
{Griffith} [6452] India Crypsis vaginiflora K001732289 Yes
Keller, A. [49] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938793 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938877 Yes
s.coll. [6452] Afghanistan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938802 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938787 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [4095] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938889 Yes
Keller, A. [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938789 Yes
{Schimper} [1360] Ethiopia Crypsis vaginiflora K002938898 Yes
T.T. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938879 Yes
Aylmer, G. [289] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938887 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [20222] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938885 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938873 Yes
Leprieur [s.n.] Senegal Crypsis vaginiflora K000365124 Type Yes
Muschler [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938779 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938783 Yes
Baldrati, I. [s.n.] Eritrea Crypsis vaginiflora K002938896 Yes
s.coll. [3824] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938880 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21223] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938884 Yes
{Griffith} [s.n.] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938881 Yes
[Gaublust] [3574] Iraq Crypsis vaginiflora K002938776 Yes
[T. R. Hall] [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938800 Yes
Ash, J.W. [257] Ethiopia Crypsis vaginiflora K002938899 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938782 Yes
Klunzinger [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938780 Yes
Chudeau [879] Algeria Crypsis vaginiflora K002938819 Yes
[C. P. Duthie] [6573a] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938882 Yes
s.coll. [5027] Sudan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938893 Yes
[Gaublust] [3504] Iraq Crypsis vaginiflora K002938777 Yes
{Schimper} [1337] Ethiopia Crypsis vaginiflora K002938900 Yes
[C. H. Davis] [6014B] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938796 Yes
s.coll. [6452] Afghanistan Crypsis vaginiflora K002938803 Yes
Bromfield [s.n.] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938799 Yes
Ali, M.M. [4484] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938791 Yes
[Loutfy Haesau] [2277] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938788 Yes
s.coll. [204] Egypt Crypsis vaginiflora K002938781 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21225] India Crypsis vaginiflora K002938874 Yes

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