Poaceae
Sporobolus

Sporobolus ioclados (Nees ex Trin.) Nees

First published in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 161 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Vilfa ioclados Nees ex Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 65 (1839)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Fl. Afr. Austr. 161 (1841).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Al-Rawi, A. (1987). Flora of Kuwait 2: 1-455. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 407 (1972).
  • Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr.: 161 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1991 Schimper [1777] Ethiopia K000365261 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Schimper [1777] Ethiopia K000365262 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Schimper, W. [2302] Ethiopia K000365260 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Schimper, W. [2302] Ethiopia K000365259 Type Yes
von Wissmann, H. [2969] Saudi Arabia K002093637 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [102] Pakistan K002094450 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1971] Yemen K002093636 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [19] Bahrain K002093699 No
Gallagher, M.D. [7963/5] Oman K002093668 Yes
[M. Naguib] [709] Bahrain K002093689 Yes
McLeish, I. [3113] Oman K002093673 Yes
Mandaville, J.P. [18] Saudi Arabia K002093630 Yes
[J. F. Duthie] [5084] India K002094484 Yes
Halwagy, R. [146] Kuwait K002093712 No
Rawi, A.; Jalili, R.; Armer, V. [10396] Kuwait K002093711 No
Good, R. [354] Bahrain K002093698 No
Ghazanfar, S.A. [SG4343] United Arab Emirates K002093677 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4182] Oman K002093653 Yes
Rawi, A. [10845] Kuwait K002093709 No
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094468 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [668] South Africa K000365190 Type Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [668] South Africa K000365191 Type Yes
Carpenter, T.; Farfan, R.A.; Muharrag [114] Saudi Arabia K002093703 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [590] South Africa K000365192 Type Yes
Naguib, M. [13] Bahrain K002093692 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094471 Yes
Thomson, T.; Lahore [s.n.] Pakistan K002094474 Yes
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [317] Pakistan K002094466 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7838] Oman K002093669 Yes
Rahman Beg, A. [25666] Pakistan K002094457 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7604] Saudi Arabia K002093624 Yes
Holst, C. [3126] K000365235 Type Yes
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [1287] Pakistan K002094465 Yes
Wilcox, C. [29] Qatar K002093682 Yes
Podlech, D. [10054] Pakistan K002094473 Yes
Mund; Maine [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365194 Type Yes
Mund; Maine [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365197 Type Yes
[J. Fernady] [553] Oman K002093663 Yes
Evans, L., B. Pole. [2629] South Africa K000365188 Type Yes
Evans, L., B. Pole. [2629] South Africa K000365187 Type Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K000245153 Isotype Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4965] Saudi Arabia K002093628 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2261] Oman K002093649 Yes
Carpenter, T.; Farfan, R.A.; Muharrag [149] Saudi Arabia K002093702 No
Mandavile, J.P. [18] Saudi Arabia K002093629 Yes
A.S.F. [D 5] India K002094483 Yes
Cope, T.A. [329] Oman K002093671 Yes
Behboadi [8057E] Iran K002093614 Yes
Zeyher [s.n.] South Africa K000365196 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stent [556] South Africa K000365189 Type Yes
[Glian Stobbs] [138] Bahrain K002093686 Yes
Mandaville, J.P. [18] Saudi Arabia K002093631 Yes
Kabir [15244] India K002094481 Yes
Mcleish, I. [3076] Oman K002093666 Yes
[K. J. Virgo] [7] Bahrain K002093687 Yes
Mandaville, J.P. [165] Saudi Arabia K002093632 Yes
Wilcox, C. [35] Qatar K002093683 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5262] Oman K002093639 Yes
Kunkel [16500] Iran K002093618 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6026] Saudi Arabia K002093626 Yes
Good, R. [357] Bahrain K002093695 No
Raffaelli, M.; Tardelli, M.; Mosti, S. [61] Oman K002093643 Yes
Mcleish, I. [3254] Oman K002093674 Yes
Wood, P.J. [7306] United Arab Emirates K002093680 Yes
Rawi, A.; Jalili, R.; Armer, V. [10781] Kuwait K002093710 No
McLeish, I. [2906] Oman K002093664 Yes
Allison, P.N. [20] Oman K002093662 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [632] Yemen K002093634 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [24832] Pakistan K002094458 Yes
{Hooker; Stocks} [663] Pakistan K002094463 Yes
Monro, A.V. [[11]] Pakistan K002094470 Yes
Rahman Beg, A. [25654] Pakistan K002094453 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094462 Yes
[Sehans] [8060E] Iran K002093621 Yes
Edmondson, J.R. [E3416] Oman K002093660 Yes
[Lan Mchersh] [1886] Oman K002093642 Yes
Good, R. [359] Bahrain K002093693 No
[Muleson] [459] Saudi Arabia K002093625 Yes
Kunkel [16690] Iran K002093619 Yes
Munton, P.N.; Gallagher, M.D. [7756] Oman K002093670 Yes
Jafri, S.M.H. [1486] Pakistan K002094467 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6006] Oman K002093657 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [667] India K002094477 Yes
Charif, G. [1209] Iran K002093616 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Jayanthi, J. [s.n.] India K002094478 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21328] India K002094486 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [10152] Pakistan K002094454 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8225/6] Oman K002093652 Yes
Boulos, L. [10969] Qatar K002093684 Yes
Guarino, L. [22] Oman K002093640 Yes
Cope, T.A. [477] Oman K002093672 Yes
Mandaville, J.P. [165] Saudi Arabia K002093623 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [69092810R] Sri Lanka K002094488 Yes
Purce, C. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094456 Yes
Raffaelli, M.; Tardelli, M.; Mosti, S. [870] Oman K002093644 Yes
Batanouny, K.H. [2922] Qatar K002093681 Yes
Good, R. [355] Bahrain K002093697 No
Stewart, R.R. [23672] Pakistan K002094447 Yes
Mcleish, I. [2819] Oman K002093658 Yes
Rezk, M. [MR 5] Bahrain K002093708 No
McLeish, I. [3166] Oman K002093667 Yes
Naguib, M. [515] Bahrain K002093690 Yes
Rezk, M.R. [121] Bahrain K002093704 No
Good, R. [358] Bahrain K002093694 No
Fitzgerald, D.V. [12334] Saudi Arabia K002093654 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094449 Yes
Parsa, A. [49] Iran K002093620 Yes
Baker, C.W. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K002093627 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23335] Pakistan K002094448 Yes
McLeish, I. [2941] Oman K002093665 Yes
Drege [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365195 Type Yes
McLeish, I. [3279] Oman K002093676 Yes
Rahman Beg, A. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094455 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Whitcombe, R. [2002] Oman K002093655 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [2956] Oman K002093648 Yes
Phillips, J.C. [119] Bahrain K002093707 No
Thulin, M.; Gifri, A.N. [8557] Yemen K002093638 Yes
[A. Charles Phillips] [120] Bahrain K002093688 Yes
[Sultan-ml-abedins Abrarhuain] [6024] Pakistan K002094469 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [7755] India K002094482 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [25758] Pakistan K002094461 Yes
Mandaville, J.P. [165] Saudi Arabia K002093622 Yes
Cope, T.A. [132] Oman K002093659 Yes
Santapau, H. [16611] India K002094480 Yes
Drege [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365198 Type Yes
[Glian Stobbs] [70] Bahrain K002093685 Yes
Norris, J.J. [190] Pakistan K002094464 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [7] Bahrain K002093700 No
Maconochie, J.R. [2939] Oman K002093647 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9195] Oman K002093661 Yes
Gill, G., A. [7] South Africa K000365193 Syntype Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1764] Yemen K002093633 Yes
Mcleish, I. [3277] Oman K002093675 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [24792] Pakistan K002094452 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2793] Yemen K002093635 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6563] Oman K002093645 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21329] India K002094485 Yes
Froghian [11679] Iran K002093617 Yes
Guarino, L. [2] Oman K002093641 Yes
Good, R. [356] Bahrain K002093696 No
Verdcourt [2625] Kenya K000365236 Isotype Yes
Qaiser, M. [4140] Pakistan K002094472 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2071] Oman K002093650 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21327] India K002094487 Yes
Behboudi [9080E] Iran K002093615 Yes
Stewart, I.T. [479/[KtoK]] Pakistan K002094451 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] Pakistan K002094476 Yes
Duttie, J.F. [5082] India K000907362 Unknown Type Material Yes
Santapau, H. [16296] India K002094479 Yes
Naguib, M. [103] Bahrain K002093691 Yes
Stent, S., M. [H 21624] South Africa K000365185 Type Yes
Stent, S., M. [H 21624] South Africa K000365186 Type Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8856/1] Oman K002093646 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3637] Oman K002093651 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6563] Oman K002093656 Yes
Foley, W., J. [2825(?)] 27CPPOO Sporobolus rangei K000365181 Type Yes

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