Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus pumilus (Roth) P.M.Peterson & Saarela

First published in Taxon 63: 1237 (2014)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada to E. Mexico, Caribbean. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

British Columbia, California, Great Britain, Oregon, Portugal, Spain, Washington

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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Saarela, J.M. (2012). Taxonomic synopsis of invasive and native Spartina (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon), including the first report of Spartina ×townsendii for British Columbia, Canada. PhytoKeys 10: 25-82.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • del Rocío Nieto-Silva, G. & al. (2015). Taxonomía y distribución del género Spartina (Poaceae) en México. Botanical Sciences 93: 829-843.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chase, V.H. [8503] United States Spartina patens var. monogyna K003438174 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438172 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438149 Yes
Fernlad, M.L. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438129 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [746] Haiti Spartina patens K003438193 Yes
Harper, R.M. [734] United States Spartina patens K003438139 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438141 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12526] United States Spartina patens K003438156 Yes
Peterson, P.M. [9564] United States Spartina patens K003438136 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438158 Yes
Gould, F.W. [11992] United States Spartina patens K003438162 Yes
Goldman, D. [3874] United States Spartina patens K003438155 Yes
s.coll. [3434] United States Spartina patens K003438137 Yes
Gould, F.W. [11995] United States Spartina patens K003438161 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438148 Yes
Schallert, P.O. [4005] United States Spartina patens K003438127 Yes
Butler, T. [s.n.] Canada Spartina patens K003438173 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada Spartina patens K003438125 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438131 Yes
Schallert, P.O. [13301] United States Spartina patens K003438130 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438170 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438163 Yes
Fernlad, M.L.; Butters, F.K.; Harold St. John [14997] United States Spartina patens K003438166 Yes
Chase, A. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438134 Yes
Dore, W.G. [2116] Canada Spartina patens K003438124 Yes
Harger, E.B.; Kneucker, A. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438152 Yes
Knieskern [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438169 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12883] United States Spartina patens K003438135 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438140 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [10435] United States Spartina patens K003438146 Yes
Larsen, E.L. [730] United States Spartina patens K003438144 Yes
Coville, F.V. [153] United States Spartina patens K003438157 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spartina patens K000885860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ekman, E.L. [17428] Cuba Spartina patens K003438195 Yes
Gould, F.W. [14330] United States Spartina patens K003438128 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438123 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438165 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5094] United States Spartina patens K003438142 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438150 Yes
Chhetri, H.; Columbus, J.T. [1023] United States Spartina patens K003438154 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H. [16223] United States Spartina patens K003438159 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [11815] Cuba Spartina patens K003438194 Yes
Dore, W.G.; Marchant, C. [23344] Canada Spartina patens K003438121 Yes
Schwein [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438153 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438160 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438151 Yes
Chapm [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438168 Yes
Wingfield, R. [10090] Venezuela Spartina patens K003438220 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [4948] United States Spartina patens K003438164 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H.; St. John, H. [6880] Canada Spartina patens K003438126 Yes
[O.St] [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438147 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada Spartina patens K003438122 Yes
Stevenson, J.; Bradley, T. [3319] United States Spartina patens K003438143 Yes
Fredholm, A. [s.n.] United States Spartina patens K003438132 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [11155] United States Spartina patens K003438133 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438171 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] Spartina patens K003438167 Yes
s.coll. [3434] United States Spartina patens K003438145 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • 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
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  • 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

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