Sporobolus pyramidatus

Sporobolus pyramidatus

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, 2nd 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

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