Sporobolus spicatus

Sporobolus spicatus
Sporobolus spicatus

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 spicatus

Name

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Sporobolus spicatus (Vahl) Kunth, 1829

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Agrostis spicata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 9 (1790).
  • Homotypic
    • Vilfa spicata (Vahl) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
  • Heterotypic
    • Agrostis virginica Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 20 (1775), sensu auct.
    • Agrostis involuta Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 252 (1810).
    • Vilfa involuta (Poir.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
    • Crypsis myosurus Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 152 (1854).
    • Heleochloa myosurus (Nees ex Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 814 (1894).
    • Sporobolus faucicola Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 82 (1930).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India, West Himalaya

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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العربية: دفرة شوكية
English: Salt grass
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