Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus gloeoclados Cope

First published in Kew Bull. 47: 656 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Oman, Yemen

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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Zaroug, M. [RMD42] Oman K002093600 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [12426/10] Saudi Arabia K002093599 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M. [17263] Yemen K002093587 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3569] Oman K002093596 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [1246] Qatar K000907351 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3506] Oman K002093593 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3543] Oman K002093595 Yes
McLeish, I. [2311] Oman K002093592 Yes
Cope, T.A. [547] Oman K002093604 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7637] Oman K002093597 Yes
Cope, T.A. [385] Oman K002093603 Yes
Cope, T.A. [582] Oman K002093588 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5155] Oman K002093598 Yes
McLeish, I. [2331] Oman K002093591 Yes
Cope, T.A. [476] Oman K002093605 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8351] Oman K002093601 Yes
Cope, T.A. [393] Oman K002093602 Yes
Guarino, L. [26] Oman K002093594 Yes
Cope, T.A. [323] Oman K002093606 Yes
McLeish, I. [2624] Oman K002093590 Yes
McLeish, I. [2693] Oman K002093589 Yes
A. Rahman [Beg] [25821] Pakistan K002094432 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