Sporobolus pyramidalis

Sporobolus pyramidalis

Sporobolus pyramidalis

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 pyramidalis

Name

Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 36 (1816).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Agrostis owarensis Schult., Mant. 2: 199 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Vilfa pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Trin. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841).
  • Sporobolus indicus pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 291 (1931).
  • Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Veldkamp, Blumea 35: 439 (1991).
• Heterotypic
  • Agrostis indica Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 104 (1775), nom. illeg.
  • Agrostis extensa Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 45 (1827).
  • Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 427 (1831).
  • Sporobolus rueppellianus Fresen., Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 139 (1837).
  • Vilfa jacquemontii (Kunth) Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 92 (1840).
  • Vilfa rueppelliana (Fresen.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841).
  • Sporobolus wombaliensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 117 (1920), pro syn.
  • Sporobolus hypseloteros Chiov., Webbia 8: 95 (1951).
  • Sporobolus pyramidalis var. jacquemontii (Kunth) Jovet & Guédès, Bull. Centr. Études Rech. Sci., Biarritz 7: 60 (1968).
  • Sporobolus indicus var. saxicola Sosef & Ngok, Blumea 50: 465 (2005).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Regional: Southeastern USA Florida Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Introduced into: Alabama, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cook Is., Ecuador, Fiji, Hawaii, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tubuai Is., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J., 1816. Fl. Oware 2: 36

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 pyramidalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sporobolus pyramidalis. 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 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Sporobolus pyramidalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sporobolus pyramidalis. Published online. Accessed: September 13 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sporobolus pyramidalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: giant rat's tail grass

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