Sporobolus

Contains 20 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Sporobolus R.Br.
POACEAE
DROPSEED
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Sporobolus has recently been circumscribed (and conserved) to include Calamovilfa and Spartina (Peterson et al. 2014).
Classification
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POALES
Sporobolus
Citation
SPOROBOLUS R. Brown, Prodr. 169. 1810.
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TYPE: Sporobolus indicus (Linnaeus) R. Brown (Agrostis indica Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 194. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Sporobolus advenus Not Native
Sporobolus airoides Alkali Sacaton Not Native
Sporobolus clandestinus Rough Dropseed Native S4 (State Rank)
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus Tall Dropseed Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank)
Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii Drummond's dropseed Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank) G5TNR (Global Rank)
Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand Dropseed Not Native
Sporobolus curtissii Curtiss's Dropseed Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank)
Sporobolus domingensis Coral Dropseed Not Native
Sporobolus fimbriatus Not Native
Sporobolus flexuosus Mesa Dropseed Not Native
Sporobolus floridanus Florida Dropseed Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank)
Sporobolus indicus Smut Grass, Blackseed Native S5 (State Rank)
Sporobolus jacquemontii West Indian Dropseed Not Native SNA (State Rank)
Sporobolus junceus Sandhills Dropseed Native S4 (State Rank)
Sporobolus pinetorum Carolina Dropseed, Savanna Dropseed Native Rare-State S2 (State Rank)
Sporobolus tenuissimus Tropical Dropseed Not Native
Sporobolus teretifolius Wireleaf Dropseed Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank)
Sporobolus vaginiflorus Poverty Dropseed Native Rare-State S1S2 (State Rank)
Sporobolus virginicus Seashore Dropseed, Coastal Dropseed Native S4 (State Rank)
Sporobolus wrightii Giant Sacaton Not Native
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.