Sporobolus spicatus

Sporobolus spicatus

Sporobolus spicatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Zoysieae
Subtribus: Sporobolinae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species: Sporobolus spicatus

Name

Sporobolus spicatus (Vahl) Kunth, 1829

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agrostis spicata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 9 (1790).
• Homotypic
  • Vilfa spicata (Vahl) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
• Heterotypic
  • Agrostis virginica Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 20 (1775), sensu auct.
  • Agrostis involuta Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 252 (1810).
  • Vilfa involuta (Poir.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
  • Crypsis myosurus Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 152 (1854).
  • Heleochloa myosurus (Nees ex Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 814 (1894).
  • Sporobolus faucicola Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 82 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen Regional: Indian subcontinent India, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S., 1829. Révis. Gramin. 67.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sporobolus spicatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sporobolus spicatus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Sporobolus spicatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sporobolus spicatus. Published online. Accessed: September 14 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sporobolus spicatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: دفرة شوكية
English: Salt grass

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