Sporobolus pyramidatus

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 pyramidatus

Name

Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc., 1936

Synonyms

Basionym
- Agrostis pyramidata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 161 (1791).
Homotypic
- Sporobolus affinis Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829), nom. superfl.
- Vilfa affinis Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 766 (1841).
Heterotypic
- Vilfa humifusa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 137 (1816).
- Agrostis humifusa (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 361 (1817).
- Sporobolus humifusus (Kunth) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829).
- Vilfa arguta Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 395 (1829).
- Vilfa elatior Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 396 (1829).
- Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 215 (1833).
- Vilfa arkansana Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 64 (1840).
- Vilfa subpyramidata Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 61 (1840).
- Agrostis pyramidalis Rich. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 153 (1854), pro syn.
- Vilfa ambigua Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 153 (1854).
- Vilfa richardii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 153 (1854).
- Vilfa agrostidea Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 88 (1862 publ. 1863).
- Vilfa sabeana Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 90 (1862 publ. 1863).
- Sporobolus arkansanus Nutt. ex Vasey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 61 (1892), pro syn.
- Sporobolus sabeanus Buckley ex Vasey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 61 (1892), pro syn.
- Sporobolus tuberculatus Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 6: 470 (1906).
- Sporobolus argutus f. purpurascens Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 90 (1911).
- Sporobolus argutus var. tuberculatus (Hack.) Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 90 (1911).
- Sporobolus patens Swallen, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 352 (1941).
- Sporobolus pulvinatus Swallen, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 351 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Chad, Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Hitchcock, A.S., 190336. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies 84.

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

Vernacular names

English: Madagascar dropseed