Sporobolus pyramidalis

Sporobolus pyramidalis
Sporobolus pyramidalis

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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

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English: giant rat's tail grass
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