Sporobolus purpurascens

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 purpurascens

Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham., 1825

Basionym
- Agrostis purpurascens Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 25 (1788).
Homotypic
- Vilfa purpurascens (Sw.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
Heterotypic
- Vilfa densiflora E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 98 (1886).
- Vilfa grisebachiana E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 8 (1886).
- Vilfa liebmannii E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 100 (1886).
- Vilfa muelleri E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 98 (1886).
- Sporobolus densiflorus (E.Fourn.) Vasey in Vilfa, Enum. Pl. Guatem. 1: 52 (1889).
- Sporobolus muelleri (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 17: 490 (1937).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Colombia
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Jamaica, Leeward Is.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Texas

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Tropicos.org 2022. Sporobolus purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 September 2022.
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USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sporobolus purpurascens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: purple dropseed