Sporobolus vaginiflorus

Sporobolus vaginiflorus

Sporobolus vaginiflorus

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 vaginiflorus

Name

Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood, 1861

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vilfa vaginiflora Torr. ex A.Gray, N. Amer. Gram. 1: n.° 3 (1834).
• Homotypic
  • Agrostis vaginiflora (Torr. ex A.Gray) Torr. ex A.Gray, Manual: 576 (1848).
• Heterotypic
  • Cryptostachys vaginata Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 181 (1854).
  • Vilfa riehlii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 154 (1854).
  • Sporobolus minor Vasey in A.Eaton, Man. Bot. N. States, ed. 6: 646 (1890), nom. illeg.
  • Sporobolus filiculmis L.H.Dewey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 519 (1894).
  • Sporobolus ovatus Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 300 (1896).
  • Sporobolus vaginatus (Steud.) Scribn., Bot. Gaz. 21: 15 (1896).
  • Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3: 598 (1897).
  • Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. inaequalis Fernald, Rhodora 35: 109 (1933).
  • Sporobolus airoides var. minor Beetle, Phytologia 54: 5 (1983).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Rhode I., South Carolina Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Prince Edward I., Québec Regional: Canada British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario Regional: Southwestern USA California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Introduced into: Austria, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wood, A., 1903. Class-book Bot. ed. 1861:775.

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 vaginiflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sporobolus vaginiflorus. 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 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Sporobolus vaginiflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sporobolus vaginiflorus. Published online. Accessed: September 14 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sporobolus vaginiflorus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: poverty dropseed

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