177.0000
						Family
						Poaceae Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7 (1895), nom. cons., nom. alt.
						
ca. 800 genera, ca. 12.000 spp. worldwide. Systematics following Soreng et al. (2017) and Soreng et al. (2022)
						Species listed in database: 12132; hybrids: 385
						
							
								
								= Aegilopaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 221 (1820)
= Agrostidaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Alopecuraceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 19 (1820)
= Andropogonaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 28 (1820)
= Anomochloaceae    Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 222 (1943)
= Anthoxanthaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Arundinaceae    Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 60 (1843)
= Arundinellaceae    Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 136 (1940)
= Asperellaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 106, 270 (1827)
= Avenaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 60. 31 (1820)
= Bambusaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Bromaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Cenchraceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 9, 268 (1827)
= Chaeturaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 106, 269 (1827)
= Chloridaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Chondrosaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 269 (1827)
= Coleanthaceae    Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 1(2): 818. ante (1873)
= Cynodontaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 51, 269 (1827)
= Cynosuraceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271, 272 (1827)
= Echinariaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Ehrhartaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Eragrostidaceae    Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
= Festucaceae    Spreng.; Fl. Comit. Pest. 1: 28 (1825)
= Glyceriaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Gramineae    Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 28 (1789), nom. cons.
= Holcaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 252 (1833)
= Hordeaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Laguraceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 250 (1833)
= Lepturaceae    Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 147 (1940)
= Loliaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 6, 267 (1827)
= Melicaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 390 (1820)
= Miliaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 91, 270 (1827)
= Nardaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 413 (1820)
= Olyraceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Ophiuraceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 3, 268 (1827)
= Oryzaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Panicaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Pappophoraceae    Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
= Parianaceae    Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 222 (1943)
= Paspalaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 47, 269 (1827)
= Phalaridaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 250 (1833)
= Pharaceae    Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 139 (1940)
= Phleaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 269 (1827)
= Saccharaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Sesleriaceae    Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 60 (1843)
= Spartinaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 46, 268 (1827)
= Stipaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Streptochaetaceae    Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 222 (1943)
= Triticaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 22, 268 (1827)
= Zeaceae    A.J.Kern.; Pflanzenleben 2: 651 (1891)
= Zoysiaceae    Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 8, 268 (1827)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
						177.9313
						Genus
						Sporobolus R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 169 (1810), nom. cons. prop.
						
Distribution: warm-temperate and tropical regions. Inclusion of Crypsis, Calamovilfa and Spartina fide Peterson et al. 2014.
						Species listed in database: 226; hybrids: 3
						
							
								
								= Agrosticula    Raddi; Agrostogr. Bras. [Raddi] 33, t. 1, f. 2 (1823)
= Antitragus    Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 7, t. 80 (1791)
= Bauchea    E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 87 (1886)
= Bennetia    Raf.; Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 220 (1830), nom. illeg.
= Calamovilfa    (A.Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southw.; True Grasses [Hackel] 113 (1890)
= Chauvinia    Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 362 (1855)
= Crypsis    Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 48 (1789) 3: 505
= Cryptostachys    Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850), nomen, Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 181 (1855)
= Diachyrium    Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 257 (1874)
= Heleochloa    Host ex Roem.; Collecteana [Roemer] 233 (1809), nom. rej. prop.
= Limnetis    Rich.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 72 (1805), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Pallasia    Scop.; Intr. Hist. Nat. 72 (1777) non Pallassia Houttuyn 1775
= Ponceletia    Thouars; Esquisse Fl. Tristan d´Acugna 36 (1808), nom. illeg.
= Psammophila    Schult.; Mant. 1 [Schultes] 69, 231 (1822)
= Raddia    Mazziari; Ionios Anthologia 2: (1834) 448 non Raddia Bertol. 1819
= Solenachne    Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 12 (1854)
= Spartina    Schreb.; Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]: 43 (1789), nom. rej. prop.
= Spermachiton    Llanos; Fragm. [Mueller] 25 (1851)
= Thellungia    Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 97 (1920)
= Torgesia    Bornm.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 30: 83 (1913)
= Trachynotia    Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 63 (1803)
= Triachyrum    Hochst.; Flora 24(1. Intell.): 19 (1841), nomen, et ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 176 (1855)
= Tristania    Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 526, in obs. (1816)
= Vilfa    P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, t. 5, f. 8 (1812)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
					
					
					
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus acinifolius
										
										
									 Stapf; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 581 (1900)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., N-Cape Prov.)
			27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus glaucus   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 296 (1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus actinocladus
										
										
									 (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 140 (1873)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis actinoclada   (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; J. Bot. 15: 348 (1877)
= Vilfa actinoclada   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 6: 84 (1867)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus aculeatus
										
										
									 (L.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Starres Dorngras (DE); Pricklegrass (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (scattered coastal, incl. some islands); Crete  (rare); C-European Russia; E-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt  (Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Mauritania; N-Chad; Siberia  (Altai, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Tilos, Rhodos); Turkey  (Inner Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan); Afghanistan  (Ghazni, Kabul); Cyprus  (E-Cyprus); Israel  (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai); China  (Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan); Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan  (Sind)
			11 AUT CZE ger HUN SLO 12 COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY MOR TUN WSA 22 MTN 24 CHA 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR SIN TUR 36 CHI 37 MON 38 NKO 40 PAK
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis aculeata   (L.) Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 62 (1771)
= Anthoxanthum aculeatum   (L.) L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 89 (1782)
= Antitragus aculeatus   (L.) Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 7 (1791)
= Crypsis aculeata   (L.) Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 48 (1789)
= Crypsis aculeata var. cyperoides Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 123 (1899)
= Crypsis aculeata var. eryngioides Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 257 (1909)
= Crypsis aculeata var. minima Beck; Fl. Nieder-Österreich 52 (1890)
= Crypsis aculeata var. ranaria Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 123 (1899)
= Crypsis schoenoides   P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 22 (1812), nom. illeg.
= Heleochloa diandra   Host; Fl. Austriac. [Host] 1: 71 (1827)
= Ischaemum aculeatum   Munro; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 54 (1861), pro syn.
= Pallasia aculeata   (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 781 (1891)
= Phleum aculeatum   (L.) Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 3: 563 (1779)
= Raddia aculeata   (L.) Mazziari; Ionios Anthologia 2: 450 (1834)
= Schoenus aculeatus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 42 (1753)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus acuminatus
										
										
									 (Trin.) Hack.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 373 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil  (Paraná); Paraguay  (Amambay); Argentina  (Misiones)
			84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Vilfa acuminata   Trin.; Sp. Gram. [Trinius] 3: pl. 348 (1836)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. longispiculis
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil  (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil  (Paraná); Argentina  (Misiones)
			84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus adustus
										
										
									 (Trin.) Roseng., B.R.Arrill. &  Izag.; Gram. Urug. 270 (1970)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay  (Durazno, Flores Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Paysandu, Tacuarembo)
			84 BRA 85 URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus aeneus var. subbulbosus (Arechav.) Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 6: 161 (1928)
= Sporobolus subbulbosus   Arechav.; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 343, t. 35 (1896)
= Vilfa adusta   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4: 80 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus advenus
										
										
									 (Stapf) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1232 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (N-Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Eragrostis advena   (Stapf) S.M.Phillips; Kew Bull. 37(1): 159 (1982)
= Thellungia advena   Stapf; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 64: 814 (1919), nomen, et in Mitt. Nat. Ges. Solothurn, 1914-19 6: Ber. 18: 17, cum tab. (1920), et in Kew Bull.1920, 98, descr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus aeneus
										
										
									 (Trin.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 213 (1833)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Santa Cruz, Tarija); NE-Brazil  (Piauí, Ceara, Bahia); WC-Brazil  (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná); Paraguay  (Amambay, Cordillera); Uruguay  (Durazno, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones)
			83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis aenea   (Trin.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 337 (1827)
= Agrostis sporobolus   Spreng.; Novi Provent. [Sprengel] 46 (1819)
= Sporobolus aeneus f. parviflorus Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 6: 161 (1928), nomen
= Sporobolus aeneus var. angustifolius (Döll) S.Denham & Aliscioni; Taxon 59(6): 1778 (2010)
= Sporobolus aeneus var. barbicollis Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4(3): 278 (1904)
= Sporobolus sporobolus   (Spreng.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 369 (1898), nom. inval.
= Sporobolus sprengelii   Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
= Vilfa aenea   Trin.; Gram. Panic. [Trinius] 23 (1826)
= Vilfa aenea var. angustifolia Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 34 (1878)
= Vilfa aenea var. latifolia Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 34 (1878)
= Vilfa sporobolus   (Spreng.) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 160 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus africanus
										
										
									 (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 242 (1955)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rat-tail grass
			
			Distribution: Madeira [I]  (Madeira Isl. [I]); Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen  (W-Yemen); S-India [I]  (Tamil Nadu [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Cocos [Keeling] Isl. [I]; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], S-Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Niue [I]; Cook Isl. [I]  (widespread); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I], Huahine [I], Raiatea [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I]  (Rangiroa Atoll [I]); Easter Isl. [I]; Northern Marianas [I]  (Saipan [I]); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Midway Isl. [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Tristan da Cunha
			21 mdr 22 NGA 23 BIO BUR CMN RWA 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 LES NAM SAF SWZ 28 asc STH 29 MAU MDG REU ROD 35 SAU YEM 40 ind srl 42 cki jaw lsi sul 50 aus lhi nfk 51 nzl 60 nue 61 coo eas mrq sci tua 62 mrn 63 haw 91 TDC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis africana   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 254 (1810)
= Agrostis capensis   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 372 (1797), nom. illeg.
= Agrostis spicata   Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 19 (1794), nom. illeg.
= Panicum caudatum   Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 19 (1794) [nom. illeg., non Lam. 1791]
= Sporobolus batesii   A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948)
= Sporobolus capensis   (P.Beauv.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 212 (1833) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Sporobolus indicus var. africanus (Poir.) Jovet & Guédès; Taxon 22: 163 (1973), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus indicus var. capensis Engl.; Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika [Engler] 127 (1892)
= Sporobolus indicus var. cinereoviridis Baaijens; Blumea 35: 431 (1991)
= Vilfa africana   (Poir.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, 146, 181 (1812)
= Vilfa capensis   P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 147 (1812), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Vilfa dianthera   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 162 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus agrostoides
										
										
									 Chiov.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 67 (1897)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 DJI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus filipes   Stapf ex Napper; Kirkia 4: 173 (1964)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus airiformis
										
										
									 Chiov.; Missione Biol. Borana 277 (1939)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Oman  (Mascat & Oman)
			24 ETH 35 OMA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus airoides
										
										
									 (Torr.) Torr.; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 7(3), Bot. [Parke] 21 (1856)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. airoides
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Alkali sacaton
			
			Distribution: India [I]  (Rajasthan [I]); USA  (Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			40 ind 73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis airoides   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 151 (1824)
= Sporobolus diffusissimus   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 90 (1861 publ. 1862)
= Sporobolus tharpii   Hitchc.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 161 (1928)
= Vilfa airoides   (Torr.) Trin. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 766 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. regis
									 (I.M.Johnst.) Wipff & S.D.Jones; Sida 16(1): 164 (1994)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Coahuila)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus regis   I.M.Johnst.; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 393 (1943)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus albicans
										
										
									 (Nees ex Trin.) Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 154 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			27 NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus transvaalensis   Gooss.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 26: 215 (1938)
= Vilfa albicans   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 101 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus aldabrensis
										
										
									 Renvoize; Kew Bull. 25(3): 417 (1971)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl.)
			29 ALD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus alopecuroides
										
										
									 (Piller & Mitterp.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fuchsschwanz-Dorngras (DE); Swamp Pricklegrass (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (scattered to rare mainland); Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt  (Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Siberia  (Altai); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Rhodos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan); Cyprus  (C-Mountains); Lebanon  (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (Jbel Druze); Israel  (Rift Valley, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai); USA [I]  (California [I], Colorado [I], Idaho [I], Montana [I], Nevada [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Utah [I], Washington State [I], Wyoming [I])
			11 AUT CZE ger HUN SLO 12 COR FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SIC SRB TUE 14 BLR KRY RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY MOR TUN 30 SIB 32 KAZ TKM 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 73 usa 75 usa 76 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
			 
			
				
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							= Agrostis brachystachys   (C.Presl) Schult. & Schult.f.; Mant. 3 [Schultes & Schultes f.]: 569 (1827)
= Alopecurus fulvus   Forssk. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 61 (1841), pro syn.
= Alopecurus geniculatus   Sibth. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 61 (1841), pro syn.
= Chilochloa explicata   (Link) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 410 (1817)
= Crypsis aegyptiaca   Tausch; Flora 17: 120 (1834)
= Crypsis alopecuroides   (Piller & Mitterp.) Schrad.; Fl. Germ. [Schrader] 167 (1806)
= Crypsis alopecuroides subsp. brachystachys (C.Presl) Trab.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 167 (1895)
= Crypsis alopecuroides subsp. sicula (Jan ex Asch. & Graebn.) Suess.; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi, Begr.], ed. 2, 1: 290 (1936)
= Crypsis alopecuroides var. celakovskyi Rohlena; Vĕstn. Král. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 24: 24 (1899)
= Crypsis alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Coss.; Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 55 (1854)
= Crypsis alopecuroides var. sicula (Jan) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 125 (1899)
= Crypsis alopecuroides var. tenella Adamović; Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 134 (1904), nom. illeg.
= Crypsis alopecuroides var. tenella Heuff.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1858: 224 (1858)
= Crypsis brachystachys   Trab.; Fl. Algérie Tunisie 359 (1905)
= Crypsis explicata   (Link) F.Herm.; Hercynia 1: 121 (1937)
= Crypsis geniculata   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 376 (1817)
= Crypsis macrostachya   Brot.; Fl. Lusit. 1: 78 (1804)
= Crypsis nigricans   Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 72 (1827)
= Crypsis phalaroides   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 45 (1808)
= Crypsis schoenoides   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 152 (1854), pro syn.
= Crypsis sicula   Jan; Elench. Pl. [Jan] 1 (1831), nom. inval.
= Crypsis tenella   Pančić; Fl. Serbiae 731 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Crypsis tenuissima   Tausch; Flora 20: 121 (1837)
= Heleochloa alopecuroides   (Piller & Mitterp.) Host ex Roem.; Collecteana [Roemer] 233 (1809)
= Heleochloa alopecuroides f. subvaginata Hack.; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 11: 53 (1905)
= Heleochloa alopecuroides var. celakovskyi (Rohlena) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 123 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Heleochloa alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 123 (1971 publ. 1972), isonym
= Heleochloa alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 814 (1895)
= Heleochloa brachystachys   (C.Presl) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 35 (1890)
= Heleochloa explicata   (Link) Hack. ex Fritsch; Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 45: 145 (1909)
= Phalaris explicata   Link; J. Bot. [Schrader] 1799(2): 312 (1799)
= Phalaris geniculata   Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 38 (1806)
= Phleum alopecuroides   Piller & Mitterp.; Iter Poseg. Sclavon. 147, t. 16 (1783)
= Vilfa brachystachys   C.Presl; Fl. Sicul. [Presl] xliv (1826)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus alterniflorus
										
										
									 (Loisel.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Smooth cordgrass
			
			Distribution: Spain [I]; W-France [I]; China [I]; India [I]; New Zealand [I]; Canada [I]  (Québec, Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], New Brunswick [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (Texas [I], California [I], S-Mississippi [I], Florida [I], SE-Georgia [I], South Carolina [I], North Carolina [I], New Jersey [I], E-Virginia [I], S-New York [I], Massachusetts [I], Maine [I]); Mexico  (Puebla, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guadeloupe; Trinidad; Venezuela  (Delta Amacuro); Guyana [I]; Surinam; French Guiana; NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil  (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay  (Montevideo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro)
			12 fra spa 36 chi 40 ind 51 nzl 72 cdn 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 81 GDL TRT 82 FRG guy SUR VEN 84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Dactylis fasciculata   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 180 (1791)
= Dactylis maritima   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 77 (1788), nom. illeg.
= Limnetis glabra   (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 38 (1818)
= Rottboellia paniculata   Salzm. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 474 (1841), pro syn.
= Spartina alterniflora   Loisel.; Fl. Gall. [Loiseleur] 2: 719 (1807)
= Spartina alterniflora var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Fernald; Rhodora 18: 178 (1916)
= Spartina alterniflora var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald; Rhodora 18: 179 (1916)
= Spartina bahiensis   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 474 (1841), pro syn.
= Spartina brasiliensis   Raddi; Agrostogr. Bras. [Raddi] 21 (1823)
= Spartina dissitiflora   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 215 (1854)
= Spartina fasciculata   (Lam.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 25, 159, 178 (1812)
= Spartina glabra   Muhl.; Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 8 (1813) [nomen]
= Spartina glabra   Muhl. ex Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 95, pl. 4, f. 2 (1816)
= Spartina glabra var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merr.; Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 9: 9 (1902)
= Spartina glabra var. pilosa Merr.; Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 9: 9 (1902)
= Spartina laevigata   Bosc ex Spreng.; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 92 (1820)
= Spartina maritima subsp. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 48 (1932)
= Spartina maritima subvar. fallax St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 57 (1932)
= Spartina maritima subvar. pilosa (Merr.) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 51 (1932)
= Spartina maritima subvar. radii St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 56 (1932)
= Spartina maritima var. alterniflora (Loisel.) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 25, 53, pl. 2, f. a-4 (1932)
= Spartina maritima var. brasiliensis (Raddi) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 56 (1932)
= Spartina maritima var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 24, 49, pl. 1, f. b-2 (1932)
= Spartina merrillii   A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 787, pl. 8, f. 3 (1933)
= Spartina stricta var. alterniflora (Loisel.) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 2: 552 (1856)
= Spartina stricta var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 2: 552 (1856)
= Spartina stricta var. maritima Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.; Prelim. Cat. 66 (1888)
= Trachynotia alterniflora   (Loisel.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 6: 279 (1815)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus amaliae
										
										
									 Veldkamp; Blumea 35(2): 411 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.
			42 LSI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus anglicus
										
										
									 (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Salz-Schlickgras (DE), Common Cord-grass (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland); Ireland  (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark [I]; Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Germany [I]; France [I]; Cyprus [I]  (E-Cyprus [I]); China [I]; Australia [I]  (Tasmania [I], Victoria [I]); New Zealand [I]; Canada [I]  (British Columbia [I]); USA [I]  (California [I], Washington State [I])
			10 den GRB IRE 11 bgm ger net 12 fra 34 cyp 36 chi 50 aus 51 nzl 71 cdn 73 usa 76 usa
			
				Remarks: a fertile amphidiploid derivative of S. x townsendii, originated in England
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Spartina anglica   C.E.Hubb.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 364 (1978)
= Spartina  ×townsendii var. anglica (C.E.Hubb.) Lambinon & Maquet; Nouv. Fl. Belg., Grand-Duché Luxemb., Nord France, 3. éd. 923 (1983)
= Spartina patens var. caespitosa (Eaton) Hitchc.; Rhodora 8: 210 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus angustifolius
										
										
									 A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 396 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			24 ERI SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM 35 OMA YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus indicus var. angustifolius (A.Rich.) Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 338 (1908)
= Sporobolus kenyensis   Chiov.; Racc. Bot. 133 (1935)
= Vilfa angustifolia   (A.Rich.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 160 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus apiculatus
										
										
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Bradea 6(20): 173 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil  (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus arabicus
										
										
									 Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 47 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iran  (S-Iran); Afghanistan  (Paktia / Khost); Saudi Arabia  (NE-Saudi Arabia); Kuwait; Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Pakistan  (Karachi, Baluchistan, Waziristan, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab)
			34 AFG IRN 35 BAR KUW OMA SAU UAE 40 PAK
			
				Remarks: status uncertain, often included in S. ioclados
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Vilfa arabica   (Boiss.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 421 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus arcuatus
										
										
									 (K.E.Rogers) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1233 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Cumberland sandreed
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Oklahoma, W-Arkansas, NC-Alabama, C-Tennessee)
			74 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Calamovilfa arcuata   K.E.Rogers; Rhodora 72: 72 (1970)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus arenicola
										
										
									 P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1233 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Giant sandreed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, SW-Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, NW-Texas, Tennessee [I])
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Calamagrostis gigantea   Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s., 5: 143 (1835)
= Calamovilfa gigantea   (Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.; Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 35: 2 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus atrovirens
										
										
									 (Kunth) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis atrovirens   (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 361 (1817)
= Agrostis brachyphylla   Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 39 (1840), pro syn.
= Vilfa atrorubens   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 7: t. 685 (1825) orth. var.
= Vilfa atrovirens   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 138 (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus australasicus
										
										
									 Domin; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 553 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NE-South Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus bahamensis
										
										
									 Hack.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52(2): 56 (1902)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Filiform rush-grass (Bahamas)
			
			Distribution: Bahamas  (Crooked and Acklins Isl.)
			81 BAH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus bakeri
										
										
									 (Merr.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Sand cordgrass
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Texas, S-Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, S-South Carolina)
			77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Spartina bakeri   Merr.; Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 9: 14 (1902)
= Spartina juncea var. bakeri (Merr.) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 27, 91, pl. 9, f. c (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus balansae
										
										
									 Henrard; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 236 (1925), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cambodia; Vietnam
			41 CBD VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus tenellus   Balansa; J. Bot. [Morot] 4: 164 (1890), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus bechuanicus
										
										
									 Gooss.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 197 (1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Botswana
			27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus blakei
										
										
									 De Nardi ex B.K.Simon; Austrobaileya 4(1): 57 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (S-Northern Territory, N- & C-Western Australia, N-South Australia, SW-Queensland, NW-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus bogotensis
										
										
									 Swallen & García-Barr.; Caldasia 2: 301 (1943)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia  (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Santander); Ecuador
			82 CLM 83 ECU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus borszczowii
										
										
									 (Regel) P.M.Peterson; Phytoneuron 2015-20: 1 (2015)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. borszczowii
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Turkey; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Palestine
			32 KAZ UZB 34 IRQ LEB PAL SYR TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis acuminata subsp. borszczowii (Regel) Kit Tan; Fl. Turkey 9: 584 (1985)
= Crypsis borszczowii   Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(2): 306 (1868)
= Heleochloa borszczowii   (Regel) Roshev. ex B.Fedtsch.; Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago 14(Suppl. 2): 52 (1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. acuminatus
									 (Trin.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014), et Phytoneuron 2015-20: 2 (2015)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Stechendes Dorngras (DE); Spiny Pricklegrass (EN)
			
			Distribution: SE-European Russia; East Aegaean Isl.  (Rhodos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran; Lebanon  (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (NW-Syria, Jbel Druze); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, N-Israel)
			14 RUS 34 EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis acuminata   Trin.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 2: 57 (1821)
= Crypsis acutiglumis   (Boiss.) C.E.Hubb. ex Parsa; Fl. Iran [Parsa] 5: 558 (1951)
= Crypsis alpicola   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 152 (1854)
= Crypsis birandiana   Doğan; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40(3): 507 (1983)
= Crypsis ciliosa   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 292 (1921)
= Crypsis crucianelloides   Boiss. & Balansa; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 477 (1884)
= Heleochloa acutiglumis   Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 476 (1884)
= Heleochloa alpicola   (Hochst. ex Steud.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 477 (1884)
= Heleochloa crucianelloides   Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 447 (1884), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. ambiguus
									 (Benth. &  Hook.f.) P.M.Peterson; Phytoneuron 2015-20: 2 (2015)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey; Cyprus
			34 CYP TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis acuminata subsp. ambigua (Boiss. & Balansa) Kit Tan; Fl. Turkey 9: 584 (1985)
= Crypsis ambigua   (Boiss.) J.W.Lorch; Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 11: 97 (1962)
= Heleochloa ambigua   Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 477 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus bosseri
										
										
									 A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 102: 533 (1956)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus brevipilis
										
										
									 (Torr.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1233 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pine barren sandreed
			
			Distribution: USA  (New Jersey, S-Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
			75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ammophila brevipilis   (Torr.) Benth. ex Vasey; Grasses U.S. 29 (1883)
= Arundo brevipilis   Torr.; Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 95 (1823)
= Calamagrostis brevipilis   (Torr.) L.C.Beck; Bot. North. Middle States [Beck] 401 (1833)
= Calamovilfa brevipilis   (Torr.) Scribn.; True Grasses [Hackel] 113 (1890)
= Calamovilfa brevipilis var. calvipes Fernald; Rhodora 41: 501. pl. 573, f. 1.2 (1939)
= Calamovilfa brevipilis var. heterolepis Fernald; Rhodora 41: 502, pl. 573, f. 4 (1939)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus brockmanii
										
										
									 Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 220 (1907)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Djibouti; Somalia
			24 DJI SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus capensis var. altissimus Chiov.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 168 (1896)
= Sporobolus capensis var. microspiculus Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 335 (1929)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus buckleyi
										
										
									 Vasey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 128 (1883)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Buckley´s dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (S-Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; ?Nicaragua
			77 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus caespitosus
										
										
									 Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 2: 423 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ascension Isl.  (Green Mt.)
			28 ASC
			
			
				Conservation Status: Highly endangered (ca. 70 tufts remaining)
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Vilfa caespitosa   (Kunth) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 72 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus camporum
										
										
									 Swallen; Sellowia 7: 10 (1956)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul); Argentina  (Corrientes)
			84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus capillaris
										
										
									 Miq.; Anal. Bot. Ind. 2: 25 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Myanmar  (Rakhine)
			40 IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus scabrifolius   Bhide; J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, n. s. 8: 312 (1912)
= Vilfa capillaris   Arn. ex Miq.; Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, Ser. 3, 4: 37 (1851), pro syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus caroli
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 299 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Australia  (C- & S-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			11 ger 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus subtilis   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 140 (1873), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus centrifugus
										
										
									 (Trin.) Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 158 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			23 CON ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Holcus laxus   Bosc ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 57 (1840), pro syn.
= Sporobolus centrifugus var. filifolius (Stent) Gooss.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 26: 183 (1938)
= Sporobolus centrifugus var. laxivaginatus (Stent) Gooss.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 26: 183 (1938)
= Sporobolus filifolius   Stent; Bothalia 2: 260, 272 (1927)
= Sporobolus hildebrandtii   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 297 (1921)
= Sporobolus kaka   Vanderyst; Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 115 (1920)
= Sporobolus laxivaginatus   Stent; Bothalia 2: 262, 273 (1927)
= Sporobolus schlechteri   Schweick.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 208 (1935)
= Sporobolus tysonii   Stent; Bothalia 2: 262, 273 (1927)
= Vilfa centrifuga   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 57 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus clandestinus
										
										
									 (Biehler) Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 150 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rough dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis clandestina   Biehler; Mant. Prim. Fl. Hal. 32 (1807)
= Muhlenbergia clandestina   (Biehler) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 190 (1824)
= Sporobolus asper var. canovirens (Nash) Shinners; Rhodora 56: 30 (1954)
= Sporobolus asper var. clandestinus (Biehler) Shinners; Rhodora 56: 30 (1954)
= Sporobolus canovirens   Nash; Man. Fl. N. States [Britton] 1042 (1901)
= Sporobolus clandestinus var. canovirens (Nash) Steyerm. & C.L.Kučera; Rhodora 63: 25 (1961)
= Sporobolus compositus var. clandestinus (Biehler) Wipff & S.D.Jones; Phytologia 78(4): 244 (1995)
= Vilfa clandestina   (Biehler) Nees ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus coahuilensis
										
										
									 J.Valdés; Phytologia 41(2): 81 (1978)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus coarctatus
										
										
									 (Trin.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay  (Rocha); Argentina  (Buenos Aires)
			84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Solenachne ciliata   (Brongn.) Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6(5-6): 147 (1940)
= Solenachne phalaroides   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 12 (1853)
= Spartina ciliata   Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 2(2): 15, t. 2 (1829)
= Spartina coarctata   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 110 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus collettii
										
										
									 (Hook.f.) Bor; Kew Bull. [9]: 502 (1954)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar  (Mandalay)
			41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus coromandelianus var. collettii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 7: 253 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus collinus
										
										
									 (Trin.) P.M.Peterson, Romasch. &  Soreng; PhytoKeys 261: 109 (2025)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hügel-Liebesgras (DE)
			
			Distribution: SE-European Russia; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia); Iraq  (NW-Iraq); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Syria  (Jazira); China  (N-Xinjiang)
			14 RUS 32 KAZ TKM UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN IRQ SYR TUR 36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Aira arundinacea   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 64 (1753)
= Boriskellera arundinacea   (L.) Terechov; Index Sem. (Kuibyshev) 1938: 13 (1938)
= Eragrostis arundinacea   (L.) Roshev.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 2: 319 (1934) [non Jedwabn., Bot. Archiv 5: 192 (1924)]
= Eragrostis collina   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 413 (1830)
= Eragrostis tatarica   (Fisch. ex Griseb.) Nevski; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 226 (1937), in obs.
= Poa arundinacea   (L.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 176 (1827), nom. illeg.
= Poa collina   (Trin.) K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 405 (1848), nom. illeg.
= Poa collina   K.Koch ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 610 (1884), pro syn.
= Poa heteroclita   Desv.; Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 204 (1831)
= Poa tatarica   Fisch. ex Besser; Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec, Suppl. 2: 13 (1814) [nomen]
= Psilantha arundinacea   (L.) Tzvelev; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 311 (1968)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus compositus
										
										
									 (Poir.) Merr.; Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 35: 6 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Composite dropseed
			
			Distribution: Canada  (British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick); USA  (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis aspera   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 53 (1803), nom. illeg.
= Agrostis composita   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 254 (1810)
= Agrostis involuta   Muhl.; Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 11 (1813) [nomen], et Descr. Gram. 72 (1817) [nom. illeg., non Poir. 1810]
= Agrostis longifolia   (Torr.) Torr. ex A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray] 575 (1848)
= Apera aspera   P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 151 (1812), nomen
= Muhlenbergia aspera   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 210 (1833), pro syn.
= Muhlenbergia composita   Trin. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 229 (1833) [nom. inval.]
= Muhlenbergia composita   Trin. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 40 (1840), pro syn.
= Sporobolus asper   (P.Beauv.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
= Sporobolus asper var. hookeri (Trin.) Vasey; Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 43 (1885)
= Sporobolus longifolius   (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 775 (1861)
= Vilfa aspera   (Michx.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, 147, 181 (1812)
= Vilfa composita   (Poir.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, 147, 181 (1812)
= Vilfa hookeri   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 106 (1840)
= Vilfa longifolia   (Torr.) Torr.; N. Amer. Gram. 1: 4 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. drummondii
									 (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi; Phytologia 78(1): 11 (1995)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Drummond´s dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Glyceria stricta   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 95 (1862 publ. 1863) [nom. illeg., non Hook.f. 1953]
= Sporobolus asper var. drummondii (Trin.) Vasey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 60 (1892)
= Sporobolus asper var. pilosus (Vasey) Hitchc.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 161 (1928)
= Sporobolus attenuatus   Nash; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 123 (1903)
= Sporobolus drummondii   (Trin.) Vasey; Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 44 (1885)
= Sporobolus pilosus   Vasey; Bot. Gaz. 16: 26 (1891)
= Vilfa drummondii   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 106 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus confinis
										
										
									 (Steud.) Chiov.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 341 (1908 publ. 1907)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			25 KEN TAN 35 YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus affinis   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 396 (1850), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus phyllotrichus   Hochst.; Flora 38: 201 (1855)
= Vilfa confinis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 160 (1854)
= Vilfa phyllotricha   (Hochst.) Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 303 (1867)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus congoensis
										
										
									 Franch.; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 369 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Mpulamanga)
			23 CON ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG ZIM 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus eylesii   Stent & J.M.Rattray; Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 52 (1933)
= Sporobolus mobigiensis   Vanderyst; Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 116 (1920), nom. prov.
= Sporobolus stelliger   J.Duvign. & Kiwak; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 127 (1963)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus consimilis
										
										
									 Fresen.; Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 140 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Saudi Arabia  (Asir, C-Saudi Arabia); Yemen  (SW-Yemen, W-Yemen)
			24 ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus nogalensis   Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 27 (1928)
= Sporobolus stenostachyus   Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. 86 (1930)
= Vilfa consimilis   (Fresen.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus contiguus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Pap. Dept. Biol. Univ. Queensland 1: No. 18, 6 (1941)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus contractus
										
										
									 Hitchc.; Amer. J. Bot. 2: 303 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Spike dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (S-California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, W-Texas, Oklahoma); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas)
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. strictus Scribn.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 103 (1882)
= Sporobolus strictus   (Scribn.) Merr.; Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 32: 6 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus copei
										
										
									 Verloove; Nordic J. Bot. 28(4): 465 (2010)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Copes Tropfengras (DE); Espartillo de cope (ES)
			
			Distribution: Canary Isl.  (Tenerife)
			21 CNY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus cordofanus
										
										
									 (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hérincq ex Coss.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 253 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Niger; Nigeria; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana
			22 NGA NGR 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus albomarginatus   Stent & J.M.Rattray; Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 51 (1933)
= Sporobolus commutatus var. cordofanus (Hochst. ex Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 820 (1894)
= Sporobolus humifusus var. cordofanus (Hochst. ex Steud.) R.L.Massey; Dep. Agric. & Forests, Khartoum, Bot. Ser. Publ. No. 1 (Sudan Grasses): 43 (1926)
= Triachyrum cordofanum   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 176 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus coromandelianus
										
										
									 (Retz.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Free State, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Afghanistan; Yemen  (W-Yemen); China  (Yunnan); Pakistan  (Sind, Karachi, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay, Shan); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Java; New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea); Australia [I]  (NW-Western Australia [I], N-Northern Territory [I], Queensland [I]); Mexico [I]
			24 ERI SOM SUD 25 KEN 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MAU MDG REU 34 AFG 35 YEM 36 CHI 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW NWG 50 aus 79 mex
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis coromandeliana   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 19 (1786)
= Agrostis rura   Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 3764B (1831), nomen
= Sporobolus commutatus   (Trin.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 214 (1833)
= Sporobolus javensis   Ohwi; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 12 (1947)
= Sporobolus parvulus   Stent; Bothalia 2: 251, 273 (1927) nom. inval.
= Sporobolus violascens   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 298 (1921)
= Vilfa commutata   Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 156 (1824)
= Vilfa coromandeliana   (Retz.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16 (1812)
= Vilfa roxburghiana   Nees ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841), pro syn.
= Vilfa roxburghii   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 59 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus creber
										
										
									 De Nardi; Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 4(7): 406 (1973)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Slender dropseed
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); New Caledonia; USA [I]  (California [I])
			50 AUS 60 NWC 76 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus indicus var. creber (De Nardi) Veldkamp; Blumea 35(2): 432 (1991)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus crucensis
										
										
									 Renvoize; Gram. Bolivia 334 (1998)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Santa Cruz)
			83 BOL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus cryptandrus
										
										
									 (Torr.) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray] 576 (1848)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Sand dropseed
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; New Zealand [I]; Canada  (British Columbia, Alabama, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, S-Québec); USA  (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, La Pampa, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Santa Fe, San Luis)
			11 ger 51 nzl 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 85 ARG
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis cryptandra   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 151 (1824)
= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. fuscicolor (Hook.) E.K.Jones & Fassett; Rhodora 52: 126 (1950)
= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. involutus Farw.; Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 22: 179 (1921)
= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. occidentalis E.K.Jones & Fassett; Rhodora 52: 125 (1950)
= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. vaginatus Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 123 (1911)
= Sporobolus subinclusus   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 36: 207 (1870)
= Sporobolus subinclusus var. expansus Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 6: 149 (1928)
= Vilfa cryptandra   (Torr.) Torr. ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 69 (1840)
= Vilfa tenacissima var. fuscicola Hook.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 2: 239 (1839)
= Vilfa triniana   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 156 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus cubensis
										
										
									 Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 237 (1909)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Matojo cubano, Cuban drop-seed grass
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia  (Caquetá, Guaviare, Meta, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil  (Roraima, Pará, Tocantins); NE-Brazil  (Paraíba, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (São Paulo); S-Brazil  (Paraná)
			79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus curtissii
										
										
									 (Vasey) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 124 (1903) ex Scribn.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Curtis´ dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (S-Alabama, SE-Georgia, Florida, SE-South Carolina)
			78 USA
			
				Remarks: floridanus agg.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus curtissii   (Vasey ex Beal) Small ex Scribn.; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 7: 142, f. 124 (1897)
= Sporobolus curtissii   Small ex Kearney; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 1: 24 (1895) [nom. subnud.]
= Sporobolus depauperatus var. filiformis Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 296 (1896)
= Sporobolus floridanus var. curtissii (Small ex Kearney) Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 290 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus cynosuroides
										
										
									 (L.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Big cordgrass
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Texas, S-Louisiana, S-Mississippi, Florida, SE-Georgia, SE-South Carolina, E-North Carolina, E-Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, SE-New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, SE-Vermont); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Tamaulipas)
			75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cynodon cynosuroides   (L.) Raspail; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825)
= Dactylis cynosuroides   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 71 (1753)
= Limnetis cynosuroides   (L.) Rich.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 72 (1895)
= Limnetis polystachya   (Michx.) Rich.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 72 (1805)
= Paspalum cynosuroides   (L.) Brot.; Fl. Lusit. 1: 83 (1804)
= Poa lagopoides   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 360 (1841), pro syn.
= Spartina cynosuroides   (L.) Roth; Catal. Bot. 3: 10 (1806)
= Spartina cynosuroides var. polystachya (Michx.) Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 398 (1896)
= Spartina polystachya   (Michx.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 25, 178, 179 (1812)
= Trachynotia cynosuroides   (L.) Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 64 (1803)
= Trachynotia polystachya   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 64 (1803)
= Triodia cynosuroides   (L.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 628 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus diandrus
										
										
									 (Retz.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 26, 147, 178 (1812)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Soqotra; Madagascar; Mauritius; Seychelles; China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi, Swat, Hazara); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (South Andamans); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Bago, Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; South China Sea Isl.; Palawan; Philippines  (Batan, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Guimaras, Cebu, Cagayan de Sulu, Camiguin, Mindanao, Jolo); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Solomon Isl. [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I]  (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); American Samoa [I]  (Tutuila [I], Ta´u [I]); Gilbert Isl. [I]  (Tarawa [I]); Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Mauke [I], Manihiki [I], Penrhyn [I], Pukapuka [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Ua Huka [I], Hiva Oa [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Raiatea [I], Tahaa [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I]  (Makatea Isl. [I]); Palau [I]  (Babeldaob [I], Ngerchong [I], Koror [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Anatahan [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Truk [I], Moen [I], Pohnpei [I]); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Lanai [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Belize [I]; Nicaragua [I]
			24 SOC 29 MAU MDG SEY 36 CHI 38 NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND MYA NCB THA 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI PLW SCS SNG 43 sol 60 asa fij gil rot sam van 61 coo mrq sci tua 62 gum mic mrn plu 63 haw 80 blz nic
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis diandra   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 19 (1789)
= Agrostis dianthera   Schult. & Schult.f.; Mant. 3 [Schultes & Schultes f.]: 571 (1827), pro syn.
= Agrostis elongata var. flaccida Roth; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 368 (1817)
= Spermachiton involutum   Llanos; Fragm. Pl. Filip. 25 (1851)
= Sporobolus diandrus var. nanus Hook.f.; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 261 (1900)
= Sporobolus indicus var. diandrus (Retz.) Jovet & Guédès; Taxon 22: 163 (1973)
= Sporobolus indicus var. flaccidus (Roth) Veldkamp; Blumea 35: 433 (1991)
= Sporobolus trimenii   Senaratna; Grass. Ceylon 96 (1956)
= Vilfa diandra   (Retz.) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 154 (1824)
= Vilfa erosa   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 86 (1839)
= Vilfa retzii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841), nom. illeg. superfl.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus dinklagei
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 298 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast
			22 GUI IVO LBR SIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus discosporus
										
										
									 Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 158 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
			25 KEN TAN 27 LES SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus blephariphyllus   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 398 (1850), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Triachyrum adoense   A.Braun; Flora 24: 712 (1841)
= Triachyrum discosporum   (Nees) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 176 (1854)
= Vilfa discospora   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 59 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus disjunctus
										
										
									 R.Mills ex B.K.Simon; Austrobaileya 4(1): 59 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (E-Queensland, N-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus distichivaginatus
										
										
									 R.W.Pohl; Novon 2(4): 325, f. 2 (1992)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guatemala
			80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus domingensis
										
										
									 (Trin.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 214 (1833)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Coral dropseed, Dominican dropseed-grass (Bahamas), Pitillo grande (Cuba), Z´herbe a cotes (Haiti)
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Texas, Florida, SE-Georgia); Mexico  (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Nueva Esparta)
			77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 81 BAH CAY CUB HIS JAM PUE TCI VEN 82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis domingensis   (Trin.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2): 337 (1827)
= Sporobolus inordinatus   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17(19-30): 294 (1921)
= Sporobolus pyramidatus subsp. domingensis (Trin.) Catasús; Fontqueria 44: 143 (1996)
= Vilfa domingensis   Trin.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 2: 59 (1821)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus durus
										
										
									 Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 18 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: +Ascension Isl.
			28 ASC
			
			
				Conservation Status: not seen since 1889, probably extinct
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Vilfa brongniartii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 766 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus elatior
										
										
									 Bosser; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 9: 339 (1969)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus elongatus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 170 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Verlängertes Vilfagras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Kachin); Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia  (E-Queensland, E-New South Wales); New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Vanuatu [I]; Fiji  (incl. Vanua Balavu & Lakeba Isl.); Austral Isl.  (Tubuai, Rapa Iti); Hawaii [I]  
			11 ger 38 JAP 40 BAN 41 MYA 43 sol 50 AUS 51 nzl 60 FIJ NWC van 61 AUI 63 haw
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis elongata   (R.Br.) Roth; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 368 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus indicus var. elongatus (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey; Syn. Queensl. Fl. 651 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus engleri
										
										
									 Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 413 (1914)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; South Africa  (N-Cape Prov.)
			27 NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus erectus
										
										
									 Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17(3): 313 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz, Yucatan, Chiapas, etc.); Honduras
			79 MEX 80 HON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus eximius
										
										
									 (Nees ex Trin.) Ekman; Ark. Bot. 13(10): 41 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil  (Paraná); Argentina  (Misiones)
			84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus aeneus var. eximius (Nees ex Trin.) S.Denham & Aliscioni; Taxon 59(6): 1779 (2010)
= Sporobolus eximius var. latifolius Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Acta Bot. Brasil. 9: 50 (1995)
= Vilfa eximia   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 77 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus factorovskyi
										
										
									 (Eig) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Armenia; Turkey  (S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Cyprus  (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel)
			33 ARM 34 CYP ISR LEB SYR TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Crypsis factorovskyi   Eig; Bull. Zionist Org. Inst. Agric. Nat. Hist. 6: 58 (1927)
= Heleochloa factorovskyi   (Eig) Pilg.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 14d: 62 (1956)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus farinosus
										
										
									 Hosok.; J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 7: 321 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Palau  (Angaur); Northern Marianas  (Tinian, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Fais)
			62 GUM MIC MRN PLU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus fertilis
										
										
									 (Steud.) Clayton; Kew Bull. 19: 291 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus]; China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kedah, Penang Isl., Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka); Singapore; South China Sea Isl.; Philippines  (widespread); Cocos [Keeling] Isl. [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; Australia [I]  (E-Queensland [I], E-New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); Tuvalu [I]; Gilbert Isl. [I]  (Butaritari [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Mopelia Atoll [I], Tetiaroa Atoll [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I]  (Takapoto Atoll [I]); Palau [I]  (Koror [I], Malakal [I], Peleliu [I], Angaur [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Pagan [I], Anatahan [I], Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Yap [I], Truk [I], Param [I]); Marshall Isl. [I]  (Majuro [I])
			33 GEO 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 cki MLY PHI SCS SNG xms 50 aus 60 gil tuv 61 mrq sci tua 62 gum mic mrn mrs plu
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis fertilis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 170 (1854)
= Cinna japonica   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 182 (1854)
= Sporobolus diandrus var. major Buse; Pl. Jungh. [Miquel], prepr. 3 (1854)
= Sporobolus elongatus var. purpureosuffusus Ohwi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 55: 394 (1941)
= Sporobolus fertilis var. pallidiflorus (T.Koyama) Hatus.; Fl. Ryukyus 675 (1971)
= Sporobolus fertilis var. pallidior (T.Koyama) Hatus. ex Ibaragi; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 4a: 214 (2020)
= Sporobolus fertilis var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) Keng f. & X.S.Shen; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 5: 161 (1985)
= Sporobolus indicus f. spiciformis T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 37: 235 (1962)
= Sporobolus indicus subsp. pallidior (T.Koyama) T.Koyama; Grasses Japan 531 (1987)
= Sporobolus indicus subsp. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama; Grasses Japan 531 (1987)
= Sporobolus indicus var. fertilis (Steud.) Jovet & Guédès; Taxon 22: 163 (1973)
= Sporobolus indicus var. major (Buse) Baaijens; Blumea 35: 7 (1991)
= Sporobolus indicus var. pallidior T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 37: 236 (1962)
= Sporobolus indicus var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 37: 235 (1962)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus festivus
										
										
									 Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 398 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritania; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Central African Republic; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, ?Free State, ?KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen  (W-Yemen); India  (Bihar, Maharashtra)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN EQG RWA 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG 35 SAU YEM 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus breviglumis   Hack. ex De Wild.; Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 205 (1906), nomen
= Sporobolus festivus var. dillonianus Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 97 (1864)
= Sporobolus festivus var. fibrosus Stapf ex Stent; Bothalia 2: 264 (1927)
= Sporobolus menyharthii   Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 769 (1901)
= Sporobolus myriostachyus   Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. 85 (1930)
= Vilfa festiva   (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 158 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus fibrosus
										
										
									 Cope; Kew Bull. 53(1): 171 (1998)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus fimbriatus
										
										
									 (Nees ex Trin.) Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 156 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fringed dropseed
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; India [I]; USA [I]  (South Carolina [I])
			24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT LES NAM SAF 40 ind 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus fimbriatus var. latifolius Stent; Bothalia 1: 279 (1923)
= Sporobolus marlothii   Hack.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 401 (1889)
= Sporobolus rehmannii   Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 383 (1895)
= Sporobolus rehmannii var. hirsutus Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. : 85 (1930)
= Vilfa fimbriata   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 69 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus flexuosus
										
										
									 (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 601 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Mesa dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, S-Kansas); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora)
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Thurb.; Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 2: 269 (1880)
= Vilfa cryptandra var. flexuosa Vasey; Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 282 (1879)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus floridanus
										
										
									 Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S. 550 (1860)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Florida dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida, Georgia, S-South Carolina, SE-Alabama)
			78 USA
			
				Remarks: floridanus agg.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus foliosus
										
										
									 (Trin.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: California cordgrass
			
			Distribution: USA  (California); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)
			76 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Spartina densiflora f. acuta St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 76, 81 (1932)
= Spartina foliosa   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 114 (1840)
= Spartina leiantha   Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 56 (1844)
= Spartina stricta var. foliosa (Trin.) Thurb.; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. Pacific N. Amer. 17(Bot. 2): 487 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus fourcadei
										
										
									 Stent; Bothalia 2: 269, 272 (1927)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus geminatus
										
										
									 Clayton; Kew Bull. 25(2): 247 (1971)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
			25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus giganteus
										
										
									 Nash; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 88 (1898)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Giant dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. giganteus (Nash) Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 14: 11 (1912)
= Sporobolus cryptandrus var. robustus Vasey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 56 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus gloeoclados
										
										
									 Cope; Kew Bull. 47(4): 656 (1992)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Oman; S-Yemen
			35 OMA YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus hadjikyriakou
										
										
									 (Raus & H.Scholz) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cyprus
			34 CYP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis hadjikyriakou   Raus & H.Scholz; Willdenowia 34(2): 457 (2004)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus hajrae
										
										
									 P.Umam. &  P.Daniel; Nordic J. Bot. 18(5):,577 (1998)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus halophilus
										
										
									 Bosser; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 9: 340 (1969)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.)
			29 COM MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus hancei
										
										
									 Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 387 (1904)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan
			36 CHI 38 NNS TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus harmandii
										
										
									 Henrard; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 235 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Sumatra
			41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus sumatranus   Ohwi; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 12 (1947)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus helvolus
										
										
									 (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 820 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Libya; Cape Verde Isl.  (Sal Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (SW-Yemen, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Quetta, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); India  (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan); Myanmar  (Magway, Mandalay, Yangon)
			20 LBY 21 CVI 22 BKN MLI MTN NGA SEN 23 CMN 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND PAK 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis aequalis   Ehrenb. & Hemprich ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 52 (1839), pro syn.
= Sporobolus flagellifer   Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. : 82 (1930)
= Sporobolus glaucifolius   (Steud.) Hochst. ex Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 820 (1894)
= Sporobolus modestus   Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 288 (1931), nomen
= Sporobolus podotrichus   Chiov.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 168 (1896)
= Sporobolus robustus var. agrostideus N.Terracc.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 95 (1894)
= Sporobolus senegalensis var. glaucifolius (Steud.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 334 (1929)
= Sporobolus senegalensis var. microstachyus Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 26 (1928)
= Sporobolus senegalensis var. podotrichus (Chiov.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 334 (1929)
= Sporobolus trichophorus   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 354 (1922)
= Vilfa glauca   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 52 (1839), pro syn.
= Vilfa glaucifolia   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 154 (1854)
= Vilfa helvola   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 52 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus heterolepis
										
										
									 (A.Gray) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray] 576 (1848)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Prairie dropseed
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, S-Québec); USA  (NE-Wyoming, Colorado, NE-New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, E-Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, SE-Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Virginia)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis heterolepis   (A.Gray) Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 2a): 598 (1847)
= Vilfa heterolepis   A.Gray; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 233 (1835)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus hians
										
										
									 Van Schaack; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37: 397 (1950)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus hintonii
										
										
									 W.Hartley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 23 (1941)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Guerrero, Mexico State, Michoacán)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus hookerianus
										
										
									 P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1237 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Alkali cordgrass
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northern Territories, Saskatchewan); USA  (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming)
			70 CDN 71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Spartina gracilis   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 119 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus humilis
										
										
									 J.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 241 (1830)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Philippines  (Luzon); Java
			41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Vilfa humilis   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
= Sporobolus albens   Balansa; J. Bot. [Morot] 4: 164 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus indicus
										
										
									 (L.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 170 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Smut grass (EN); Cerrillo, Matojillo. Matojo de burro, Serrillo (ES); Indisches Vilfagras, Indisches Fallsamengras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Switzerland [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Italy [I]; Croatia [I]; Albania [I]; Bulgaria [I]; Greece [I]; Crete [I]; Morocco [I]; Azores  (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial); Madeira  (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl.  (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma); Annobon Isl. [I]; Madagascar [I]; Israel [I]  (C-Israel [I]); Israel [I]  (coastal W-Israel [I]); India [I]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Cambodia [I]; Singapore [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]  (Bali [I], etc.); Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Tonga [I]  (Tongatapu [I], ´Eua [I], Niuafo´ou [I], Niuatoputapu [I]); Fiji [I]; N-Line Isl. [I]  (Palmyra Atoll [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I], Mopelia Atoll [I], Moorea [I], Huahine [I], Raiatea [I], Tahaa [I], Bora Bora [I]); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Easter Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I]  (Midway Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Lanai [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (S-California [I], Texas [I], S-Oklahoma [I], S-Missouri [I], Arkansas [I], Louisiana [I], Kentucky [I], Tennessee [I], Mississippi [I], Alabama [I], Georgia [I], Florida [I], North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I], Virginia [I], Maryland [I]); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Nuevo León, Valle de Mexico, Coahuila, Michoacán, Veracruz, Sonora, etc.); Central America; Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl.  (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Guadeloupe; St. Lucia; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela  (Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil  (Roraima, Amapa, Pará); NE-Brazil  (Maranhao, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay  (Amambay, Central, Cordillera, Guaira); Uruguay  (Maldonado, Rocha); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman); Chile  (Tarapacá, Valparaíso, O´Higgins, Maule, Biobío, Araucania, Los Lagos, Metropolitana de Santiago); Desventuradas Isl.
			11 ger swi 12 fra por spa 13 alb bul cro grc ita kri 20 mor 21 AZO CNY MDR 23 ann 29 mdg 34 isr 40 ban ind ldv 41 cbd mya 42 lsi mol nwg sng 60 fij ton 61 eas lin pit sci 63 haw 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 BAH BBD CUB GDL HIS JAM NAV PUE STL TCI TRT VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE DSV PAR URU
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis elongata   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 162 (1791) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Agrostis indica   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 63 (1753)
= Agrostis orientalis   Nees; Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 393 (1829), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Agrostis tenacissima   Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 1: 85 (1787) [misappl.]
= Andropogon intortum   Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 398 (1766)
= Paspalum lanceifolium   Desv.; Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 162 (1831)
= Paspalum parviflorum   Desv.; Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 162 (1831), pro syn.
= Sporobolus angustus   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 88 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Sporobolus berteroanus   (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18(7): 370 (1917)
= Sporobolus exilis   (Trin.) Balansa; J. Bot. [Morot] 4: 164 (1890)
= Sporobolus indicus f. africanoides Jovet & Guédès; Taxon 22: 163 (1973)
= Sporobolus indicus f. microspiculus Jovet & Guédès; Taxon 22: 163 (1973)
= Sporobolus indicus var. exilis (Trin.) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 37: 235 (1962)
= Sporobolus indicus var. tenacissimus (L.f.) Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 291 (1931)
= Sporobolus lamarckii   Desv. ex Ham.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 4 (1825), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus orientalis   (Nees) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 211 (1833), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus tenacissimus   (L.f.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 26 (1812)
= Vilfa angusta   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 88 (1862 publ. 1863), nom. altern.
= Vilfa berteroana   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 100 (1840)
= Vilfa elongata   (Lam.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16 (1812), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Vilfa exilis   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 89 (1840)
= Vilfa indica   (L.) Trin. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
= Vilfa orientalis   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 65 (1840)
= Vilfa tenacissima   (L.f.) Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 138 (1816)
= Vilfa tenacissima var. exilis (Trin.) E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 99 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus infirmus
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 294 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Uganda
			22 GHA GUI IVO NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 CHA 25 UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus schnellii   A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948)
= Sporobolus tenuis   Stapf ex A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus interruptus
										
										
									 Vasey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: (1888) 8, in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 1 (1891) 61, et Illustr. N. Am. Grass. 1(2): (1891) t. 18
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Black dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus arizonicus   Thurb. ex Vasey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 8 (1888) [nom. inval.]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus ioclados
										
										
									 (Nees ex Trin.) Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 161 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tunisia; Egypt; Mauritania; Mali; Niger; Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Bahrain; Qatar; Kuwait; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (SW-Yemen, W-Yemen, Tihama); Pakistan  (Baluchistan); India  (Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh)
			20 EGY TUN 22 MLI MTN NGR 23 CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 35 BAR KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis kentrophylla   K.Schum. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 4: 14 (1895)
= Agrostis kentrophyllum   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 108 (1895)
= Sporobolus arabicus var. latifolius Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 286 (1931)
= Sporobolus arabicus var. littoralis Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. : 84 (1930)
= Sporobolus genalensis   Chiov.; Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 65 (1940)
= Sporobolus ghikae   Schweinf. & Volkens; Liste Pl. Somalis [Ghika] 199 (1897)
= Sporobolus gillii   Stent; Bothalia 2: 256, 272 (1927)
= Sporobolus ioclados var. usitatus (Stent) Chippind.; Grasses & Pastures S. Africa [Meredith] 217 (1955)
= Sporobolus jemenicus   Pilg.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 324 (1939)
= Sporobolus kentrophyllus   (K.Schum.) Clayton; Kew Bull. 25(2): 248 (1971)
= Sporobolus laetevirens   Coss.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 251 (1889), Batt. & Trab. Fl. de l´Alger. [Monoc.](1895) 151
= Sporobolus marginatus   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 397 (1850)
= Sporobolus marginatus var. anceps Chiov.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 51 (1903)
= Sporobolus marginatus var. scabrifolius Chiov.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 339 (1908)
= Sporobolus pallidus   (Nees ex Trin.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 512 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus seineri   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 294 (1921)
= Sporobolus smutsii   Stent; Bothalia 1: 281 (1924)
= Sporobolus smutsii var. longifolius Gooss.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 197 (1934)
= Sporobolus usitatus   Stent; Bothalia 2: 257, 273 (1927)
= Sporobolus verdcourtii   Napper; Kirkia 3: 119 (1963)
= Vilfa ioclados   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 65 (1840)
= Vilfa marginata   (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 155 (1854)
= Vilfa pallida   Nees ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 62 (1839)
= Vilfa scabrifolia   Hochst. ex Edgew.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 196 (1862), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus ivakoanyensis
										
										
									 A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 107: 205 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus junceus
										
										
									 (P.Beauv.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pineywoods dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia); Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Michoacán, Veracruz); Virgin Isl. [I]  (St. Thomas [I], Virgin Gorda [I])
			76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 81 vir
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis compressa   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 258 (1810) [nom. illeg., non Willd. 1790]
= Agrostis juncea   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 52 (1803) [nom. illeg., non Lam. 1783]
= Agrostis thyrsoides   Bosc ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 76 (1840) [nom. inval., as syn. of Vilfa fulvescens Trin.]
= Aira triglumis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 223 (1854)
= Axonopus poiretii   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 318 (1817)
= Bennetia juncea   Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 1: 291 (1893) [nom. inval.]
= Colpodium junceum   (P.Beauv.) Trin. ex Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 2: 37 (1821)
= Crypsis juncea   (P.Beauv.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 242 (1821)
= Heleochloa juncea   P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 24, 147, 164, t. 7, f. 2 (1812) [nom. nov.]
= Milium compressum   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 259 (1810), pro syn.
= Panicum speciosum   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 73 (1788)
= Sporobolus ejuncidus   Nash; Man. Fl. N. States [Britton] 106 (1901) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Sporobolus poiretii   (Roem. & Schult.) Hitchc.; Bartonia 14: 32 (1932)
= Vilfa familiaris   Steud.; Berberid. Amer. Austral. [Lechler] 56 (1857), nomen
= Vilfa fulvescens   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 76 (1840)
= Vilfa juncea   (P.Beauv.) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 157 (1824)
= Vilfa schiedeana   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 73 (1840)
= Vilfa subsetacea   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2): 133 (1840) [nom. nov.]
= Vilfa vinzentii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 155 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus kerrii
										
										
									 Bor; Kew Bull. [3]: 252 (1949)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand
			41 THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus lanuginellus
										
										
									 Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 6, in obs., 46 (1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Morocco; Western Sahara
			20 MOR WSA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus lasiophyllus
										
										
									 Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 504 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia  (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Santander); Venezuela  (Merida, Trujillo); ?Ecuador; Peru
			82 CLM VEN 83 PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus latzii
										
										
									 B.K.Simon; Austral. Syst. Bot. 12(3): 399 (1999)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (EC-Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus laxus
										
										
									 B.K.Simon; Austrobaileya 1(5): 459 (1982 publ. 1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (E-Queensland, NE-New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus indicus var. queenslandicus Veldkamp; Blumea 35: 452 (1991)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus lenticularis
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Pap. Dept. Biol. Univ. Queensland 1: No. 18, 3 (1941)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (N-Northern Territory, N-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus linearifolius
										
										
									 Nicora; Hickenia 2(19): 90 (1993), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Amambay)
			84 BRA 85 PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus exilis   Renvoize; Kew Bull. 42(4): 923 (1987)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus linearis
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 295 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritius
			29 MAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis minutiflora   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 170 (1854), non (Trin.) Desf. ex Steud.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus longispicus
										
										
									 (Hauman & Parodi ex St.-Yves) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uruguay  (Canelones, Maldonado); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco)
			85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Spartina longispica   (Hauman & Parodi ex St.-Yves) Mobb.; Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 30: 502 (1956)
= Spartina ×longispica   Hauman & Parodi ex St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 27, 92 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus ludwigii
										
										
									 Hochst.; Flora 29: 118 (1846)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Ludwig-Vilfagras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Botswana; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			11 ger 27 BOT SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Vilfa ludwigii   (Hochst.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 155 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus macer
										
										
									 (Trin.) Hitchc.; Amer. J. Bot. 2: 303 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus asper var. macer (Trin.) Shinners; Rhodora 56: 29 (1954)
= Sporobolus compositus var. macer (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi; Phytologia 78(1): 11 (1995)
= Vilfa macra   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 79 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus macranthelus
										
										
									 Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 452 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; Botswana
			24 SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus bogdanii   Napper; Kirkia 3: 119 (1963)
= Sporobolus diffusus   Clayton; Kew Bull. 25(2): 247 (1971)
= Sporobolus greenwayi   Napper; Kirkia 3: 118 (1963)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus macrospermus
										
										
									 Scribn. ex Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 302 (1896)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras
			79 MEX 80 GUA HON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus maderaspatanus
										
										
									 Bor; Kew Bull. [12]: 234 (1957)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
			40 IND SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus maritimus
										
										
									 (Curtis) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Small Cord-grass (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (E- & S-England); Ireland [I]  (E-Ireland [I]); Netherlands; Belgium; Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Morocco; Western Sahara; Azores  (Sao Miguel Isl.); Mauritania; Namibia; South Africa  (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Australia [I]  (Victoria [I]); USA [I]  (Mississippi [I])
			10 GRB ire 11 BGM ger NET 12 FRA POR SPA 13 CRO ITA SLV 20 MOR WSA 21 AZO 22 MTN 27 NAM SAF 50 aus 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cynodon pungens   (Rich.) Raspail; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825)
= Dactylis maritima   Curtis; Pract. Observ. Brit. Grasses 46 (1787)
= Dactylis stricta   Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 104 (1789)
= Limnetis pungens   Rich.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 72 (1805), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Paspalum strictum   (Aiton) Brot.; Phytogr. Lusitan. Select. (1816-1827) 1: 13 (1816 publ. 1817), nom. illeg.
= Poa ternitana   Spreng. ex Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 62 (1829), pro syn.
= Rottboellia stricta   (Aiton) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 705 (1821)
= Spartina capensis   Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 260 (1841)
= Spartina intermedia   Bosc ex St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 50 (1932), pro syn.
= Spartina maritima   (Curtis) Fernald; Rhodora 18: 180 (1916)
= Spartina maritima subsp. stricta (Aiton) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 45 (1931)
= Spartina pungens   (Rich.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 25 (1812)
= Spartina schreberi   J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 123 (1791)
= Spartina stricta   (Aiton) Roth; Neue Beytr. Bot. 1: 101 (1802)
= Spartina stricta var. maritima (Walter) Scribn.; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 45 (1894)
= Spartina stricta var. triplex Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 144 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Trachynotia stricta   (Aiton) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 3: 74 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus maximus
										
										
									 Hauman; Physis (Buenos Aires) 5: 52 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta, Tucuman)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus megalospermus
										
										
									 (F.Muell. ex Benth.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1232 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (E-New South Wales, E-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Eragrostis megalosperma   F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 644 (1878)
= Sporobolus indicus var. intermedius F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 30: 316 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus mendocinus
										
										
									 Méndez; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 30(1-2): 13 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Mendoza, Neuquen)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus metallicola
										
										
									 Longhi-Wagner & Boechat; Acta Bot. Brasil. 7(2): 150 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil  (Paraná)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus michauxianus
										
										
									 (Hitchc.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1237 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Prairie cordgrass (EN), Prärie-Schlickgras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Canada  (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Labrador, Newfoundland, Isle Anticosti, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Isl.); St. Pierre et Miquelon; USA  (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine); Bermuda
			11 ger 71 CDN 72 CDN SPM 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 81 BER
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Spartina cynosuroides f. major St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 61, 62 (1932)
= Spartina cynosuroides var. aureomarginata W.Irving; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 38: 372 (1905)
= Spartina cynosuroides var. michauxiana (Hitchc.) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 58, pl. 3, f. a-7 (1932)
= Spartina michauxiana   Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(3): 153 (1908)
= Spartina michauxiana var. suttiei Farw.; Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 352 (1920)
= Spartina michauxiana var. tenuior Farw.; Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 352 (1920)
= Spartina pectinata   Bosc ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 92 (1820)
= Spartina pectinata f. variegata Vict.; Naturaliste Canad. 71: 209 (1944)
= Spartina pectinata var. suttiei (Farw.) Fernald; Rhodora 35: 260 (1933)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus micranthus
										
										
									 (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 822 (1894)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Madagascar
			24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus bernieri   (A.Camus) A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 107: 205 (1960)
= Sporobolus micranthus subsp. bernieri A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 101: 395 (1954)
= Sporobolus psammophilus   Stent & J.M.Rattray; Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 51 (1933)
= Sporobolus strictus   Franch.; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 368 (1895)
= Triachyrum micranthum   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 176 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus microprotus
										
										
									 Stapf; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(8): 218 (1911 publ. 1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya
			22 BEN BKN GHA IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus aequiglumis   Stapf ex A.Chev.; Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 111 (1934)
= Sporobolus coromandelianus var. senegambiae A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948)
= Sporobolus scabriflorus   Stapf ex Massey; Dep. Agric. & Forests, Khartoum, Bot. Ser. Publ. No. 1 (Sudan Grasses): 42 (1926)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus mildbraedii
										
										
									 Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 92 (1909)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus minarum
										
										
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Iheringia, Bot. 44: 34 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus minimus
										
										
									 Cope; Kew Bull. 47(4): 657 (1992)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Oman
			24 SOM 35 OMA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus minuartioides
										
										
									 (Bornm.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Israel  (coastal W-Israel)
			34 ISR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Crypsis minuartioides   (Bornm.) Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 293 (1921)
= Heleochloa minuartioides   (Bornm.) Pilg.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 14d: 62 (1956)
= Torgesia minuartioides   Bornm.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 20: 83 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus minutus
										
										
									 Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 88 (1827)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Sal Isl., Ilha de Maio); Sudan; Eritrea; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra; Saudi Arabia  (Hejaz); Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			21 CVI 24 ERI SOC SOM SUD 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis parvula   Schult.; Oesterr. Fl., ed. 2, 1: 182 (1814)
= Aira subviolaceum   Ehrenb. ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 84 (1840)
= Sporobolus hamiensis   Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 29 (1894)
= Sporobolus minutus   Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 2: 127 (1891 publ. 1892)
= Vilfa hamiensis   Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 29 (1894) orth. var.
= Vilfa minuta   (Link) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 84 (1840)
= Vilfa parvula   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841), pro syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus mirabilis
										
										
									 Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56(Beibl. 123): 27 (1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Peru
			83 PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus mitchellii
										
										
									 (Trin.) C.E.Hubb. ex S.T.Blake; Pap. Dept. Biol. Univ. Queensland 1: No. 18, 12, 22 (1941), in adnot., C. E. Hubb. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 26 (1941)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus benthamii   F.M.Bailey; Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 13: 16 (1896)
= Vilfa mitchellii   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 53 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus mobberleyanus
										
										
									 P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Île Amsterdam; Île St. Paul; Gough Isl.; Tristan da Cunha
			91 ASP TDC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ponceletia arundinacea   Thouars; Esquisse Fl. Tristan d´Acugna 36 (1808)
= Psammophila arundinacea   (Thouars) Schult.; Mant. 1 [Schultes] 231 (1822)
= Spartina arundinacea   (Thouars) Carmich.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 504 (1819)
= Tristania arundinacea   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 526 (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus moelleri
										
										
									 Hack.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 213 (1887), t. g, fig. b.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava); Guinea; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; S-Chad; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Limpopo)
			21 CVI 22 GUI NGA 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG ZIM 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus mayumbensis   Franch.; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 367 (1895)
= Sporobolus melleri   T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 822 (1894), orth. var.
= Sporobolus secundispiculus   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 49 (1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus monandrus
										
										
									 Roseng., B.R.Arrill. &  Izag.; Bol. Fac. Agron. Univ. Montevideo 103: 12 (1968)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Beni, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil  (Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay); Uruguay  (Artigas); Argentina  (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe)
			83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus montanus
										
										
									 Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 127 (1892)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon
			23 CMN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Vilfa montana   Hook.f.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 228 (1864), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus montevidensis
										
										
									 (Arechav.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Phytoneuron 2015-20: 2 (2015)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Denseflower cordgrass
			
			Distribution: Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Morocco [I]; USA [I]  (California [I], Oregon [I]); Mexico  (San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Venezuela  (Falcon); SE-Brazil  (São Paulo); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay  (Montevideo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Argentina Distrito Federal, La Pampa, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, San Luis); Chile  (Valparaíso, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos)
			12 por spa 20 mor 73 usa 76 usa 79 MEX 82 VEN 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chauvinia chilensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 362 (1854)
= Spartina densiflora   Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 14 (1829)
= Spartina densiflora subvar. pauper St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 77 (1932), pro syn.
= Spartina juncea var. laxiflora St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 88 (1932)
= Spartina juncea var. montevidense (Arechav.) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 89 (1932)
= Spartina montevidensis   Arechav.; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 378, t. 43 (1896)
= Spartina patagonica   Speg.; Revista Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 3: 579 (1897)
= Sporobolus densiflorus   (Brongn.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1237 (2014), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus mopane
										
										
									 Cope; Kew Bull. 53(1): 168 (1998)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe
			26 ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus multinodis
										
										
									 Hack.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 316 (1909)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay  (Rivera)
			84 BRA 85 URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus multinodis var. exasperatus Hack.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 317 (1909)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus multiramosus
										
										
									 Longhi-Wagner & Boechat; Acta Bot. Brasil. 7(2): 152 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Brazil  (Pará)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus myrianthus
										
										
									 Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 565 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe
			22 NGA 23 CMN 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus angustifolius   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 14 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 136) (1920) nom. illeg. non A. Rich.
= Sporobolus kimuenzaensis   Vanderyst; Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 116 nom. prov. (1920)
= Sporobolus virgatus   Mez ex Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 292 (1931), nomen nud.
= Sporobolus wildemannii   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 48 (1914)
= Vilfa myriantha   (Benth.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 158 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus natalensis
										
										
									 (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 822 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt; Cameroon; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); St. Helena [I]; Yemen  (W-Yemen); Australia [I]  (N-Northern Territory [I], SE-Queensland [I], E-New South Wales [I])
			20 EGY 23 CMN 24 ERI ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 28 sth 35 YEM 50 aus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus capensis var. laxus Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 155 (1841)
= Sporobolus indicus var. laxus (Nees) Stapf; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 586 (1900)
= Sporobolus kwiluensis   Vanderyst; Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 116 (1920), nom. prov.
= Vilfa natalensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 154 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus nealleyi
										
										
									 Vasey; Bot. Gaz. 15: 49 (1888), et in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 57 (1890), et 3: 1 (1892) 61
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gyp dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, S-Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico  (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosi)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus nebulosus
										
										
									 Hack.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 402 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; South Africa  (N-Cape Prov.)
			27 NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus densissimus   Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 91 (1909)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus neglectus
										
										
									 Nash; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 464 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Puffsheath dropseed (EN), Übersehenes Vilfagras, Übersehenes Fallsamengras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Canada  (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine)
			11 ger 13 cro slv 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus neglectus var. ozarkanus (Fernald) Steyerm. & C.L.Kučera; Rhodora 63: 25 (1961)
= Sporobolus ozarkanus   Fernald; Rhodora 35: 109 (1933)
= Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. neglectus (Nash) Scribn.; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 17(ed. 2): 170, f. 466 (1901)
= Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus (Fernald) Shinners; Rhodora 56: 29 (1954)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus nervosus
										
										
									 Hochst.; Flora 38: 202 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Chad  (Ennedi); Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; South Africa  (Free State, N-Cape Prov.); Saudi Arabia  (C-Saudi Arabia); Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (Aden Desert, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Sind, Rawalpindi)
			24 CHA ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 27 NAM SAF 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus eichingeri   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 293 (1921)
= Sporobolus iocladoides   Chiov. ex Chiarugi; Webbia 8: 96 (1951), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus lampranthus   Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 345 (1912)
= Sporobolus longibrachiatus   Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 219 (1907)
= Sporobolus sladenianus   F.Bolus; Ann. S. African Mus. 9: 236 (1915)
= Sporobolus stocksii   Bor; Kew Bull. [3]: 45 (1948)
= Vilfa nervosa   (Hochst.) Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 303 (1867)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus nesiotioides
										
										
									 Longhi-Wagner, R.J.V.Alves & N.G.Silva; Phytotaxa 144(1): 13 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ilha da Trindade
			84 ITR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus niliacus
										
										
									 (Fig. &  De Not.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Modest prickle grass
			
			Distribution: Algeria; Egypt; Mauritania; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; Iraq; Iran; Lebanon; Syria; Palestine; Yemen; Pakistan; USA [I]  (California [I], Idaho [I]); Mexico [I]
			20 ALG EGY 22 MTN 24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ 34 IRN IRQ LEB PAL SYR 35 YEM 40 PAK 73 usa 76 usa 79 mex
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis compacta   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 151 (1854)
= Crypsis niliaca   Fig. & De Not.; Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 6 (1853)
= Crypsis vaginiflora   (Forssk.) Opiz; Naturalientausch 8: 83 (1824)
= Heleochloa compacta   (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 814 (1894)
= Phalaris vaginiflora   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 18 (1775)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus nitens
										
										
									 Stent; J. Dep. Agric. Union S. Afr. 6: 203 (1923), nomen, et in Bothalia 1: 281 (1924), descr.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 BOT SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus novoguineensis
										
										
									 Baaijens; Blumea 35(2): 440 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus nudiramus
										
										
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Iheringia, Bot. 44: 36 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus olivaceus
										
										
									 Napper; Kirkia 3: 117 (1963)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia
			25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus osceolensis
										
										
									 E.L.Bridges & Orzell; Phytoneuron 2022-20: 1-12 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida)
			78 USA
			
				Remarks: floridanus agg.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus oxyphyllus
										
										
									 Fish; Bothalia 36(1): 71 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (North West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus palmeri
										
										
									 Scribn.; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 8 (1898)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pamelae
										
										
									 B.K.Simon; Austrobaileya 4(1): 61 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (C-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus panicoides
										
										
									 A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 399 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga); Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 35 YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus polycladus   Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 769 (1901)
= Triachyrum longifolium   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 176 (1854), pro syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus paniculatus
										
										
									 (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 823 (1894 publ. 1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Burundi; S-Chad; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; Madagascar
			22 BKN GHA GUI LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB 24 CHA 25 KEN TAN UGA 27 NAM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus myxosperma   Stapf ex C.E.Hubb.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 525 (1936), no Latin descr.
= Sporobolus patulus   Hack.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 53: 58 (1903)
= Sporobolus patulus var. stenothyrsus A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 641 (1930)
= Sporobolus polycyclus   Berhaut; Fl. Senegal, 253, in clavi, 298, indice (1954), sine descr. lat. nom. inval.
= Sporobolus regularis   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 299 (1921)
= Vilfa paniculata   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 67 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus partimpatens
										
										
									 R.Mills ex B.K.Simon; Austrobaileya 4(1): 64 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (EC-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pauciflorus
										
										
									 A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea
			22 GUI
			
				Remarks: status uncertain
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus paucifolius
										
										
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Iheringia, Bot. 44: 37 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, etc.)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pectinatus
										
										
									 Hack.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 53: 198 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pectinellus
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 295 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania
			22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus capillaris   A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 468 (1948) nom. illeg. non Miq., nec Vasey
= Sporobolus vogelii   Stapf ex A.Chev.; Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 116 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pellucidus
										
										
									 Hochst.; Flora 38: 201 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burkina Faso; Niger; NE-Chad  (Ennedi); Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Namibia; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			22 BKN NGR 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM 27 NAM 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus indicus var. pellucidus (Hochst.) Chiov.; Missione Biol. Borana 277 (1939)
= Vilfa pellucida   (Hochst.) Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 303 (1867)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus perrieri
										
										
									 A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 436 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus phleoides
										
										
									 Hack. ex Stuck.; Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, Ser. 3, 6: 468 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pilifer
										
										
									 (Trin.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 211 (1833)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. [I]  (Fogo Isl. [I]); Guinea; Burkina Faso; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; China  (Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Pakistan  (Sind); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); ?Sri Lanka; peninsular Malaysia  (Melaka); Philippines  (Luzon); Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); Panama; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; NE-Brazil  (Ceara); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná)
			21 cvi 22 BKN GUI NGA 23 BUR CAF CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZIM 29 MDG 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 42 MLY PHI 63 haw 80 PAN 82 FRG GUY SUR 84 BRA
			
				Remarks: the South American S. ciliatus is frequently kept separate
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis japonica   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 171 (1854)
= Agrostis villosa   A.Spreng.; Tent. Suppl. 5 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Hymenachne myurus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 101 (1854)
= Sporobolus ciliatus   J.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 242 (1830)
= Sporobolus ciliatus var. japonicus (Steud.) Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 648 (1899)
= Sporobolus ciliatus var. subfasciculatus (Döll) Hack.; Ergebn. Bot. Exped. Südbrasil. 1: 17 (1906), et Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 78 (1908)
= Sporobolus familiaris   Steud.; Berberid. Amer. Austral. [Lechler] 56 (1857), nomen
= Sporobolus japonicus   (Steud.) Maxim. ex Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 388 (1904)
= Sporobolus praecox   A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 468 (1948)
= Sporobolus rupestris   Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 267 (1830)
= Sporobolus stachydanthus   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 394 (1850)
= Sporobolus villosus   Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
= Triachyrum nilagiricum   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 176 (1854)
= Triachyrum stachydanthum   (A.Rich.) Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 311 (1867)
= Vilfa ciliata   (J.Presl) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 63 (1839), nom. illeg.
= Vilfa ciliata var. grandiflora Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 39 (1878)
= Vilfa ciliata var. parviflora Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 39 (1878)
= Vilfa ciliata var. subfasciculata Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 39 (1878)
= Vilfa pilifera   Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 157 (1824)
= Vilfa preslii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841) [nom. nov.]
= Vilfa rupestris   (Kunth) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 66 (1840), nom. illeg.
= Vilfa stachydantha   (A.Rich.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 156 (1854)
= Vilfa villifera   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 159 (1854)
= Vilfa villosa   (Kunth) Trin.; Sp. Gram. [Trinius] 3: t. 252 (1829)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pinetorum
										
										
									 Weakley & P.M.Peterson; Sida 18(1): 258 (1998)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Carolina dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina)
			78 USA
			
				Remarks: floridanus agg.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus platensis
										
										
									 Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 6(2): 133 (1928)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay  (Florida, Salto); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)
			84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus potosiensis
										
										
									 Wipff & S.D.Jones; Sida 16(1): 165 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pseudairoides
										
										
									 Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 6: 144, f. 11 (1928)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Brazil  (Amazonas); NE-Brazil  (Bahia); WC-Brazil  (Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay; Argentina  (Misiones)
			84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pseudobiflorus
										
										
									 Chiov.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 36: 371 (1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pulchellus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 170 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis pulchella   (R.Br.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 367 (1817)
= Vilfa pulchella   (R.Br.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841)
= Vilfa pulchella   (R.Br.) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 160 (1824), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pumilus
										
										
									 (Roth) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1237 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Saltmeadow cordgrass
			
			Distribution: Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Baleares [I]; E-Canada  (Québec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Isl.); USA  (SE-Texas, S-Louisiana, S-Mississippi, S-Alabama, Florida, SE-Georgia, SE-South Carolina, E-North Carolina, E-Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, SE-New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, SE-Vermont, Washington [I], Oregon [I], California [I]); Mexico  (Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas); Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, Tortola); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Antigua; Guadeloupe; St. Lucia
			12 bal por spa 72 CDN 73 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 81 ABA AGU BAH CAY CUB GDL HIS JAM PUE STL STM VIR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Dactylis patens   Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 104 (1789)
= Limnetis juncea   (Michx.) Rich.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 72 (1805)
= Limnetis juncea var. monogyna Curtis; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 136 (1835)
= Spartina americana   Roth ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 109 (1840) [nom. inval., as syn. of Spartina juncea Willd.]
= Spartina juncea   (Michx.) Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 81 (1809)
= Spartina juncea subvar. americana St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 27, 84, pl. 8, f. b-20 (1932)
= Spartina juncea var. patens (Aiton) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 27, 86 (1932)
= Spartina patens   (Aiton) Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 55 (1817)
= Spartina patens var. juncea (Michx.) Hitchc.; Rhodora 8(95): 210 (1906)
= Spartina patens var. monogyna (M.A.Curtis) Fernald; Rhodora 49: 114 (1947)
= Spartina platensis   Mez ex St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 86 (1932), nomen
= Spartina pumila   Roth; Catal. Bot. 3: 10 (1806)
= Trachynotia juncea   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 64 (1803)
= Trachynotia patens   (Aiton) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 2: 443 (1811)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pungens
										
										
									 (Schreb.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Stechendes Vilfagras
			
			Distribution: Portugal; E- & S-Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Isole Pelagie  (Lampedusa); Croatia; ?Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; ?North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Greece  (coastal mainland, incl. many islands); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt; Mauritania; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Samos, Kos, Simi, Kasos, Karpathos, Rhodos)
			12 BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB CRO GRC ITA KRI MNT PEL ROM SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 22 MTN 34 EAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis arenaria   Gouan; Ill. Observ. Bot. 3 (1773)
= Agrostis pungens   Schreb.; Beschr. Gräs. 2: 46 (1772)
= Agrostis stolonifera var. arenaria (Gouan) Dobignard & Portal; Agrostis France 139 (2009), nom. illeg.
= Phalaris disticha   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 17 (1775), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Podosemum pungens   (Schreb.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 84 (1827)
= Sporobolus arenarius   (Gouan) Duval-Jouve; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 16: 294 (1869)
= Sporobolus virginicus var. arenarius (Gouan) Maire; Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 928 (1941)
= Vilfa arenaria   (Gouan) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 160 (1824)
= Vilfa pungens   (Schreb.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16 (1812)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus purpurascens
										
										
									 (Sw.) Ham.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 5 (1825)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Purple dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (S-Texas); Mexico  (Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Revillagigedos Isl.  (Isla Socorro); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Tolima, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; NE-Brazil  (Bahia); WC-Brazil  (Goiás); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais)
			77 USA 79 MEX RGI 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis purpurascens   Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 25 (1788)
= Sporobolus densiflorus   (E.Fourn.) Vasey; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 1: 52 (1889)
= Sporobolus muelleri   (E.Fourn.) Hitchc.; N. Amer. Fl. 17: 490 (1937)
= Vilfa densiflora   E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 98 (1886)
= Vilfa grisebachiana   E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 8 (1886)
= Vilfa liebmannii   E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 100 (1886)
= Vilfa muelleri   E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 98 (1886)
= Vilfa purpurascens   (Sw.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, 182 (1812)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pyramidalis
										
										
									 P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 36, t. 80 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hay Grass, Hay Seed, Mulatto Plait, Tapia Grass, Wire Grass (Trinidad & Tobago); West Indian dropseed, Cerrillo, Matojo de burro
			
			Distribution: Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Seychelles; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (W-Yemen); Myanmar [I]  (Shan [I]); Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I]  (E-Queensland [I], NE-New South Wales [I], S-Northern Territory [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Manihiki [I], Pukapuka [I], Penrhyn [I]); Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA  (Florida); Mexico  (Veracruz, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Guana, St. Croix, Tortola); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil  (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); NE-Brazil  (Maranhao, Paraíba); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT SAF SWZ 29 COM MAU MDG REU SEY 35 OMA SAU YEM 41 mya 43 sol 50 aus 60 fij rot 61 coo 63 haw 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 AGU BAH BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SBA STK STL STM STV TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis extensa   Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 45 (1827)
= Agrostis indica   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 104 (1775), nom. illeg.
= Agrostis owarensis   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 199 (1824), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus hypseloteros   Chiov.; Webbia 8: 95 (1951)
= Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Veldkamp; Blumea 35(2): 439 (1991)
= Sporobolus indicus var. saxicola Sosef & Ngok; Blumea 50: 465 (2005)
= Sporobolus jacquemontii   Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 2: 427, t. 127 (1831)
= Sporobolus pyramidalis var. jacquemontii (Kunth) Jovet & Guédès; Taxon 22: 163 (1973)
= Sporobolus rueppellianus   Fresen.; Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 139 (1837)
= Sporobolus wombaliensis   Vanderyst; Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 117 (1920), pro syn.
= Vilfa jacquemontii   (Kunth) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 92 (1840)
= Vilfa pyramidalis   (P.Beauv.) Trin. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841)
= Vilfa rueppelliana   (Fresen.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 768 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus pyramidatus
										
										
									 (Lam.) Hitchc.; Man. Grasses W. Ind. [U.S.D.A. Misc. Publ. No. 243]: 84 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii [I]  (Kure Isl. [I], Lanai [I], French Frigate Shoals [I], Oahu [I], Midway Isl. [I]); USA  (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl.  (Isla Clarion); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, St. Croix, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Nevis; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Barbados; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Atlántico, Bolívar, La Guajira, Magdalena); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Yaracuy); Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil  (Rondônia); NE-Brazil  (Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay); Uruguay  (Canelones, Montevideo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
			63 haw 73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX RGI 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE STK STM TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Agrostis humifusa   (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 361 (1817)
= Agrostis pyramidalis   Rich. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 153 (1854) [nom. inval.]
= Agrostis pyramidata   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 161 (1791)
= Sporobolus affinis   Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus argutus   (Nees) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 215 (1833)
= 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 arkansanus   Nutt. ex Vasey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 61 (1892) [nom. inval., as syn. of Sporobolus argutus Kunth]
= Sporobolus humifusus   (Kunth) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829)
= Sporobolus patens   Swallen; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 31: 352 (1941)
= Sporobolus pulvinatus   Swallen; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 31: 351 (1941)
= Sporobolus sabeanus   Buckley ex S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 175 (1883)
= Sporobolus sabeanus   Buckley ex A.Gray; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 61 (1892) [nom. inval.]
= Sporobolus tuberculatus   Hack. ex Stuck.; Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, Ser. 3, 6: 470 (1906)
= Vilfa affinis   (Kunth) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 766 (1841)
= Vilfa agrostidea   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 88 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Vilfa ambigua   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 153 (1854)
= Vilfa arguta   Nees; Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 395 (1829)
= Vilfa arkansana   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 64 (1840)
= Vilfa elatior   Nees; Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 396 (1829)
= Vilfa humifusa   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 137 (1816)
= Vilfa richardii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 153 (1854)
= Vilfa sabeana   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 90 (1861 publ. 1862)
= Vilfa subpyramidata   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 61 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus quadratus
										
										
									 Clayton; Kew Bull. 19: 290 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya
			24 ETH 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus ramigerus
										
										
									 (F.Muell.) R.L.Barrett & P.M.Peterson; Austral. Syst. Bot. 33(5): 474 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (C- & S-Western Australia, S-Northern Territory, South Australia, S-Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Eragrostis australasica   (Steud.) C.E.Hubb.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1949: 26 (1941)
= Glyceria australasica   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 286 (1854)
= Glyceria ramigera   (F.Muell.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 659 (1878)
= Panicularia australasica   (Steud.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1891)
= Panicularia ramigera   (F.Muell.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1891)
= Poa ramigera   F.Muell.; Trans. & Proc. Victorian Inst. Advancem. Sci. 1: 45 (1855)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus rangei
										
										
									 Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 385 (1909)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov.)
			27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus inconspicuus   Hack.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 532 (1912)
= Sporobolus vryburgensis   Stent; Bothalia 2: 254, 274 (1927)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus recurvatus
										
										
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Bradea 6(20): 177 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Goiás)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus reflexus
										
										
									 Boechat & Longhi-Wagner; Iheringia, Bot. 44: 38 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus rhizomatosus
										
										
									 (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 823 (1894)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Vilfa rhizomatosa   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 421 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Sporobolus rigens
										
										
									 (Trin.) É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 295 (1853)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Diachyrium arundinaceum   Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 257 (1874)
= Diachyrium rigens   (Trin.) Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 300 (1921)
= Epicampes arundinacea   (Griseb.) Hack.; Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 107 (1905)
= Epicampes rigens   (Trin.) Phil.; Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 8: 82 (1891), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus arundinaceus   (Griseb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 369 (1898), nom. illeg.
= Vilfa grandiflora   Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 158 (1855)
= Vilfa rigens   Trin.; Sp. Gram. [Trinius] 3, t. 250 (1836)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. atacamensis
									 (Parodi) Asteg.; Kurtziana 24: 189 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Jujuy, Salta)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus rigens f. atacamensis Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 6(2): 133 (1916)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. expansus
									 Méndez; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 30(1-2): 15 (1994)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Cordoba, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus rigidifolius
										
										
									 (Trin.) Mez ex Veldkamp; Kew Bull. 45(3): 582 (1990)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritius
			29 MAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Sporobolus mauritianus   (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 822 (1894)
= Vilfa mauritiana   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 157 (1854)
= Vilfa rigidifolia   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 80 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus rigidus
										
										
									 (Buckley) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1233 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Prairie sandreed (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Canada  (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario); USA  (Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, NW-New York, NW-Pennsylvania)
			11 ger 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Ammophila longifolia   (Hook.) Benth. ex Vasey; Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 71 (1884)
= Athernotus longifolius   (Hook.) Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 218 (1915)
= Calamagrostis longifolia   Hook.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 2: 241 (1840)
= Calamovilfa longifolia   (Hook.) Scribn.; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 6: 651 (1890)
= Vilfa rigida   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 89 (1862 publ. 1863)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. magnus
									 (Scribn. &  Merr.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1233 (2014)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Ontario); USA  (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin)
			72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna Scribn. & Merr.; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 35: 3 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus robustus
										
										
									 Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 2: 425 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco; Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Ilha Brava); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Chad  (incl. Tibesti)
			20 MOR 21 CVI 22 BEN GAM GHA GNB LBR MTN SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis abyssinica   Ehrenb. & Hemprich ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 54 (1839), pro syn.
= Agrostis barbata var. senegalensis Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 76 (1805)
= Sporobolus assakae   Caball.; Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 36: 148 (1936)
= Sporobolus insulanus   Parl.; Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 8: 586 (1846)
= Sporobolus insularis   Parl. ex Hook.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 187 (1849) orth. var.
= Sporobolus littoralis var. elongatus T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 821 (1894), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus senegalensis   (Pers.) Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 26 (1928)
= Vilfa insularis   (Parl.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 156 (1854)
= Vilfa robusta   (Kunth) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 54 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus ruspolianus
										
										
									 Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 5: 64 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra
			24 ETH SOC SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus fruticulosus   Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 218 (1907)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus salsus
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 296 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo)
			27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus sanguineus
										
										
									 Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 209 (1899)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO NGA 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus bequaertii   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 15 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 137) (1920)
= Sporobolus braunii   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 297 (1921)
= Sporobolus hockii   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 17 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 139) (1920)
= Sporobolus homblei   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 18 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 140) (1920)
= Sporobolus niamensis   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 299 (1921)
= Sporobolus oxylepis   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 298 (1921)
= Sporobolus rhodesiensis   Stent & J.M.Rattray; Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 50 (1933)
= Sporobolus schliebenii   Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 656 (1932)
= Sporobolus schweinfurthii   Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 440 (1908)
= Sporobolus semisterilis   Chiov.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 26: 66 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus scabridus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Pap. Dept. Biol. Univ. Queensland 1: No. 18, 5 (1941)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (C- & E-Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus schoenoides
										
										
									 (L.) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Swamp pricklegrass (EN), Kopf-Dorngras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (rare mainland, Kerkyra, Zakynthos, Samothraki, Skiros); Crete; Latvia [I]; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Mauritania [I]; Senegal [I]; Mali [I]; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Malawi [I]; Mozambique; Madagascar; Siberia  (Altai, W-Siberia); Russian Far East [I]  (Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Rhodos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia: Bithynia, NW-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran  (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan  (Badghys, Farah, Helmand, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Kandahar, Parwan); Cyprus  (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, NW-Syria); Israel  (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel, coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Jordania  (W-Jordania); Yemen  (W-Yemen); China  (Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang); Mongolia; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Baltistan); India  (Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan); Australia [I]  (SW-Western Australia [I]); Canada [I]  (Ontario [I]); USA [I]  (Arizona [I], California [I], Delaware [I], Iowa [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Massachusetts [I], Michigan [I], Missouri [I], New Jersey [I], Nevada [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Utah [I], Vermont [I], Wisconsin [I]); Mexico [I]
			11 AUT CZE ger HUN SLO 12 COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 BLR KRY lat RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 22 mli mtn sen 24 CHA ETH SUD 25 TAN 26 mlw MOZ 29 MDG 30 SIB 31 rfe 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 YEM 36 CHI 37 MON 40 IND PAK 50 aus 72 cdn 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 78 usa 79 mex
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis schoenoides   (L.) Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 166 (1791)
= Crypsis schoenoides f. minima Roshev.; Fl. Turkmen. [Fedtschenko et al.] 1: 86 (1932)
= Crypsis schoenoides var. gracilis Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 257 (1909)
= Crypsis schoenoides var. minima Roshev.; Fl. Turkmen. [Fedtschenko et al.] 1: 86 (1932)
= Crypsis schoenoides var. minor Lange; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2, 1: 25 (1860)
= Crypsis schoenoides var. subcylindrica Batt.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 144 (1895)
= Heleochloa schoenoides   (L.) Host ex Roem.; Collecteana [Roemer] 233 (1809)
= Heleochloa schoenoides var. macrostachys Podp.; Kvĕtna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 400 (1926)
= Phleum schoenoides   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 60 (1753)
= Phleum supinum   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 3: 563 (1778)
= Spartina phleoides   (L.) Roth; Neue Beytr. Bot. 1: 101 (1802)
= Spartina schoenoides   (L.) Roth; Neue Beytr. Bot. 1: 102 (1802)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus sciadocladus
										
										
									 Ohwi; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 12 (1947)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Moluccas  (Aru Isl.); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya)
			42 MOL NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus scitulus
										
										
									 Clayton; Kew Bull. 25(2): 248 (1971)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uganda; Kenya
			25 KEN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus sessilis
										
										
									 B.K.Simon; Austral. Syst. Bot. 12(3): 408 (1999)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Java; Australia  (N- & E-Queensland, E-New South Wales)
			42 JAW 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus silveanus
										
										
									 Swallen; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 31: 350 (1941)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Silveus´ dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (E-Texas, SE-Louisiana, NW-Georgia, N-Florida)
			77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus spartinae
										
										
									 (Trin.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014), as ´spartinus´
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gulf cordgrass
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Texas, S-Louisiana, S-Mississippi, S-Alabama, Florida); Mexico  (Campeche, Coahuila, Guerrero, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Colombia; Venezuela  (Aragua, Carabobo, Falcon, Miranda); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay); Argentina  (Corrientes, Santa Fe)
			77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS HON PAN 81 BAH TCI 82 CLM VEN 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Spartina argentinensis   Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 2: 258 (1919)
= Spartina densiflora subvar. argentinensis St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 26 (1932)
= Spartina densiflora var. junciformis (Engelm. & A.Gray) St.-Yves; Candollea 5: 26, 77, pl. 7, f. 16 (1932)
= Spartina densiflora var. obtusa Hack.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 345 (1909)
= Spartina gouinii   E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 135 (1886)
= Spartina junciformis   Engelm. & A.Gray; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 238 (1845)
= Spartina multiflora   Vasey ex Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 400 (1896) [nom. inval.]
= Spartina pittieri   Hack.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 237 (1902)
= Spartina spartinae   (Trin.) Merr. ex Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17(3): 329 (1913)
= Vilfa spartinae   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(1): 82 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus spicatus
										
										
									 (Vahl) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Morocco; Algeria; Libya; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Nigeria; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Samha Isl.; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Bahrain; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
			20 ALG EGY LBY 21 CVI 22 GAM MLI MTN NGA SEN 23 BUR RWA 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 34 SIN 35 BAR OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis involuta   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 252 (1810)
= Agrostis spicata   Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 9 (1790)
= Agrostis virginica   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 20 (1775), nom. illeg.
= Crypsis myosurus   Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 152 (1854)
= Heleochloa myosurus   (Nees ex Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 814 (1894)
= Sporobolus faucicola   Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. 82 (1930)
= Vilfa involuta   (Poir.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16 (1812)
= Vilfa spicata   (Vahl) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16 (1812)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus spiciformis
										
										
									 Swallen; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 56: 78 (1943)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus splendens
										
										
									 Swallen; Bol. Soc. Bot. México 23: 35, f. 6 (1958)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus stapfianus
										
										
									 Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 302 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Rwanda; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			22 NGA 23 RWA 24 ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus festivus var. stuppeus Stapf; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 582 (1900)
= Sporobolus stuppeus   (Stapf) Stent; Bothalia 2: 264, 273 (1927)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus stolzii
										
										
									 Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 297 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe
			22 BKN GUI MLI NGR SEN 23 CAF CON 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus granularis   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 297 (1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus subglobosus
										
										
									 A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; N-Nigeria; Gabon; Kenya; Tanzania
			22 BEN BKN GHA IVO NGA 23 GAB 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus subglobosus   Stapf ex C.E.Hubb.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 525, in clavi, 527 (1936), anglice
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus subtilis
										
										
									 Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 2: 421 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar
			22 LBR NGA SIE 23 CON ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus barbigerus   Franch.; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 371 (1895)
= Vilfa subtilis   (Kunth) Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 88 (1839)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus subulatus
										
										
									 Hack.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 65 (1893)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar
			27 SAF 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus angustus   (Nees) Mez ex Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 282, 286 (1931), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus artus   Stent; Bothalia 2: 260, 272 (1927)
= Sporobolus centrifugus var. angustus Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 159 (1841)
= Sporobolus deschampsioides   J.Duvign.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 128 (1963)
= Sporobolus hubbardii   A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948)
= Sporobolus lanuginosus   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 18 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 140) (1920)
= Sporobolus ledermannii   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 296 (1921)
= Sporobolus setifolius   Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. 85 (1930)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus temomairemensis
										
										
									 Judz. &  P.M.Peterson; Syst. Bot. 14(4): 525 (1989)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Surinam; N-Brazil  (Amapa)
			82 SUR 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus tenellus
										
										
									 (A.Spreng.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 1: 215 (1833)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Aira brachyphylla   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 766 (1841), pro syn.
= Ehrharta tenella   A.Spreng.; Tent. Suppl. 11 (1828)
= Sporobolus brevifolius   (Nees) Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 160 (1841)
= Vilfa brevifolia   Nees; Linnaea 7: 294 (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus tenuissimus
										
										
									 (Mart. ex Schrank) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 369 (1898)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tropical dropseed (EN), Cohitrillo fino (Dominican Republic)
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Liberia; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Somalia; Kenya [I]; Tanzania; Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Seychelles [I]; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Taiwan [I]; India [I]  (widespread); Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Singapore [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]  (Bali [I], etc.); New Caledonia [I]; Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva); USA [I]  (Florida [I], South Carolina [I]); Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. John, Tortola); Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vichada); Venezuela  (Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Yaracuy); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil  (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil  (Maranhao, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil  (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil  (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
			22 GUI LBR NGA SEN TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB SAO ZAI 24 SOM 25 ken TAN 29 COM MAU MDG REU ROD sey 35 OMA 38 tai 40 ind 41 mya tha 42 lsi sng sul 60 nwc 61 coo mrq 78 usa 80 BLZ COS ELS HON NIC PAN 81 BAH BBD CUB GDL GRE JAM MAR PUE STL STV TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Agrosticula muralis   Raddi; Agrostogr. Bras. [Raddi] 33, t. 1, f. 2 (1823)
= Agrostis borbonica   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 170 (1854)
= Agrostis minutiflora   (Trin.) Desf. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 41 (1840)
= Aira tenuissima   (Mart. ex Schrank) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 276 (1824)
= Panicum tenuiflorum   Schrank; Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 192 (1824) [nom. illeg., non R. Br. 1810]
= Panicum tenuissimum   Mart. ex Schrank; Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 26 (1822)
= Sporobolus bibansiensis   Vanderyst; Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 116, in syn. (1920)
= Sporobolus effusus   Desv.; Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 164 (1831)
= Sporobolus mangaloricus   Hochst. ex Miq.; Anal. Bot. Ind. 2: 36 (1851)
= Sporobolus minutiflorus   (Trin.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 88 (1827)
= Sporobolus muralis   (Raddi) Hitchc. & Chase; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 368 (1917)
= Sporobolus tenuissimus   (Schrank) Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4(3): 278 (1904), isonym
= Vilfa mangalorica   (Hochst. ex Miq.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 159 (1854)
= Vilfa minutiflora   Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 158 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus teretifolius
										
										
									 R.M.Harper; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 229 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wireleaf dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (SE-Alabama, Georgia, NE-South Carolina, SE-North Carolina); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango)
			78 USA 79 MEX
			
				Remarks: floridanus agg.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus testudinum
										
										
									 Renvoize; Kew Bull. 25(3): 417 (1971)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl.)
			29 ALD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus tetragonus
										
										
									 Bor; Kew Bull. [3]: 251 (1949)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra); Myanmar; Thailand
			40 IND 41 MYA THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus texanus
										
										
									 Vasey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 57 (1890), et 3: 63 (1892)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Texas dropseed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Sonora)
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus tourneuxii
										
										
									 Coss.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 250 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tunisia; Mauritania; Ethiopia; Somalia; Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (W-Yemen, Aden Desert); Pakistan  (Sind, Karachi); India  (Rajasthan); Myanmar  (Mandalay, Yangon)
			20 TUN 22 MTN 24 ETH SOM 35 OMA YEM 40 IND PAK 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus sindicus   Stapf ex T.Cooke; Fl. Bombay 2: 1018 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus trichodes
										
										
									 Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17(3): 311 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			11 ger 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus capillaris   Vasey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1(8): 283 (1893) [nom. illeg., non Miq. 1851]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus tsiafajavonensis
										
										
									 A.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 102: 533 (1956)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus turcicus
										
										
									 Hamzaoğlu; Anatol. J. Bot. 8(1): 12 (2024)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus turkestanicus
										
										
									 (Eig) P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1234 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-European Russia; Siberia  (W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Azerbaijan
			14 RUS 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM UZB 33 AZE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Crypsis turkestanica   Eig; P. Z. E. Inst. Agric. & Nat. Hist., Agric. Rec. 2: 206 (1929)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus uniglumis
										
										
									 Stent & J.M.Rattray; Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 32: 52 (1933)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zimbabwe
			23 ZAI 26 ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus ciliatus   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 16 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 138) (1920) non Presl nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus vaginiflorus
										
										
									 (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 775 (1861)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Scheidenblütiges Vilfagras, Scheidenblütiges Fallsamengras (DE), Poverty dropseed (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Italy [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Canada  (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
			11 ger 13 cro ita slv 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Agrostis vaginiflora   (Torr. ex A.Gray) Torr. ex A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray] 576 (1848)
= Cryptostachys vaginata   Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850), nomen, Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 181 (1855)
= Muhlenbergia vaginiflora   (A.Gray) Jogan; Fl. Veg. Slovenije [Jogan & Wraber] 23 (1992)
= Sporobolus airoides var. minor Beetle; Phytologia 54: 5 (1983)
= Sporobolus filiculmis   L.H.Dewey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 519 (1894) [nom. nov.]
= Sporobolus minor   Vasey; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 6: 646 (1890), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus ovatus   Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 300 (1896) [nom. nov.]
= Sporobolus vaginatus   (Steud.) Scribn.; Bot. Gaz. 21: 15 (1896)
= Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. inaequalis Fernald; Rhodora 35: 109 (1933)
= Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor Scribn. ex Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3: 598 (1897)
= Vilfa riehlii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 154 (1854)
= Vilfa vaginiflora   Torr. ex A.Gray; N. Amer. Gram. 1: no. 3 (1834)
= Vilfa vaginiflora   Torr. ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 56 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus vaseyi
										
										
									 P.M.Peterson; Taxon 63(6): 1233 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Florida sandreed
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida)
			78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ammophila curtissii   Vasey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 7 (1884)
= Calamagrostis curtisii   (Vasey) Vasey; Bot. Gaz. 15: 269 (1896)
= Calamovilfa curtissii   (Vasey) Scribn.; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 17: 199, f. 495 (1899)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus versicolor
										
										
									 (E.Fabre) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1237 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Azores  (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Pico, Faial)
			12 COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ITA SIC 20 ALG MOR TUN 21 AZO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Spartina durieui   Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 1: 230 (1850)
= Spartina versicolor   E.Fabre; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 13: 123 (1850)
= Trachynotia versicolor   (E.Fabre) Samp.; Herb. Port. 17 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus virginicus
										
										
									 (L.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Salt Couch Grass, Seashore Dropseed (EN)
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (NW-coastal Egypt); Cape Verde Isl.  (Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Îles Éparses]  (Juan de Nova Isl.); Mauritius; Rodrigues; Îles Glorieuses; Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl., St. Pierre Isl.); Seychelles; East Aegaean Isl. [I]  (Rhodos [I]); Turkey  (Inner Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus  (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria); Israel  (coastal W-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai); Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (Aden Desert); China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang); Japan  (Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima, all other major islands); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Pakistani Punjab, Karachi); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kedah); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Philippines  (Luzon); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); Ashmore Reef; Lord Howe Isl.  (incl. Roach Isl.); Norfolk Isl.; New Caledonia; Fiji; Marquesas Isl.  (Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Fatu Hiva); Northern Marianas  (Saipan, Tinian); Northern Marianas  (Uracas, Pagan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Truk); Hawaii  (Midway Isl., Lanai, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.); USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Atlántico, Bolívar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Sucre); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia; N-Brazil  (Pará); NE-Brazil  (Maranhao, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); SE-Brazil  (Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul); Chile  (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá)
			20 EGY 21 CVI 22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MTN SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN CON GAB PRI SAO 24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG 27 NAM SAF 29 ALD COM IGL MAU MCI MDG ROD SEY 34 CYP eai ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 OMA YEM 36 CHI 38 JAP NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUM XMS 50 AUS LHI NFK 60 FIJ NWC 61 MRQ 62 GUM MIC MRN 63 HAW 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM PUE SAB SBA STE STK STL STM STV TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
			 
			
				
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							= Agrostis affinis   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 195 (1824)
= Agrostis barbata   Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 75 (1805) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Agrostis congener   Schum.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 46 (1827)
= Agrostis distichophylla   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 354 (1817)
= Agrostis dura   Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 40 (1840), pro syn.
= Agrostis juncea   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 60 (1783)
= Agrostis littoralis   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 161 (1791)
= Agrostis pungens   Muhl.; Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 11 (1813) [nomen], et Descr. Gram. 72 (1817) [nom. illeg., non Schreb. 1772]
= Agrostis tremula   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 372 (1797) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Agrostis virginica   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 63 (1753)
= Aira sabulonum   Labill.; Sert. Austro-Caledon. 16 (1824)
= Aira sabulonum var. uniflora Balansa; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 318 (1872)
= Crypsis maritima   Munro ex MacOwan; Cape Monthly Mag., n. s. 3: Suppl. 7 (1871)
= Crypsis virginica   (L.) Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 49 (1818)
= Podosemum virginicum   (L.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 85 (1827)
= Sporobolus benthamii var. robustus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 348 (1915)
= Sporobolus confertus   J.A.Schmidt; Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. 142 (1852)
= Sporobolus geniculatus   (Nees ex Steud.) Nees ex Aitch.; Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh 165 (1869)
= Sporobolus humilis subsp. minor Veldkamp; Blumea 35: 420 (1991)
= Sporobolus littoralis   (Lam.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
= Sporobolus matrella   (Nees) Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 152 (1841), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sporobolus minutus subsp. confertus (J.A.Schmidt) Lobin, N.Kilian & Leyens; Willdenowia 25(1): 192 (1995)
= Sporobolus muhlenbergii   Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
= Sporobolus sundaicus   Ohwi; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 13 (1947)
= Sporobolus tremulus   (Willd.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Sporobolus virginicus   (L.) Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 2: 17 (1829), isonym
= Sporobolus virginicus subsp. litoralis (Kunth) Borhidi & O.Muñiz; Bot. Közlem. 58(3): 175 (1971)
= Sporobolus virginicus var. littoralis (Lam.) Hitchc.; N. Amer. Fl. 17(7): 486 (1937)
= Sporobolus virginicus var. major Franch.; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 369 (1895)
= Sporobolus virginicus var. minor F.M.Bailey ex B.K.Simon; Austrobaileya 2(1): 22 (1984)
= Sporobolus virginicus var. pallidus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 621 (1878)
= Vilfa barbata   (Pers.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16 (1812), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Vilfa conferta   (J.A.Schmidt) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 160 (1854)
= Vilfa dura   Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 54 (1839)
= Vilfa geniculata   Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 156 (1854)
= Vilfa intermedia   Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 156 (1824)
= Vilfa littoralis   (Lam.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, 147, 181 (1812)
= Vilfa luxurians   Steud.; Berberid. Amer. Austral. [Lechler] 56 (1857), nomen
= Vilfa matrella   Nees; Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 400 (1829) [nom. illeg. superfl.]
= Vilfa muhlenbergii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
= Vilfa murina   Sieber ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 157 (1854), pro syn.
= Vilfa tremula   (Willd.) Trin.; Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 155 (1824)
= Vilfa virginica   (L.) P.Beauv.; Ess. Agrostogr. 16, 149, 182 (1812)
= Zoysia tremula   (Willd.) B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 2: 1254 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus viscidus
										
										
									 Sohns; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 46: 385, f. 56-61 (1956)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Mexico State, Michoacán)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus wallichii
										
										
									 Munro ex Thwaites; J. Bot. 27: 171 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Myanmar  (Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand
			36 CHI 40 IND SRL 41 MYA THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus welwitschii
										
										
									 Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 207 (1899)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State)
			26 ANG 27 NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Sporobolus andongensis   Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 208 (1899)
= Sporobolus baumianus   Pilg.; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 175 (1903)
= Sporobolus bianoensis   De Wild.; Notes Fl. Katanga 5: 15 (Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 39: Mem. 137) (1920)
= Sporobolus conrathii   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 49 (1914)
= Sporobolus effusus   Franch.; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 370 (1895), nom. illeg.
= Sporobolus macrothrix   Pilg.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 2: 206 (1916)
= Sporobolus micranthus   Conrath & Hack.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 53: 198 (1903), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Sporobolus wrightii
										
										
									 Munro ex Scribn.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 103 (1882)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Big sacaton
			
			Distribution: Egypt [I]; USA  (California, S-Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			20 egy 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Bauchea karwinskyi   E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 2 (Enum. Gram.): 87 (1886)
= Bauchea karwinskyi   E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 3: 550 (1885)
= Epicampes crassiculmis   Piper; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 18: 144 (1905)
= Sporobolus airoides var. wrightii (Munro ex Scribn.) Gould; Madroño 10: 94 (1949)
= Sporobolus altissimus var. minor Vasey; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 213 (1889)
= Sporobolus altissimus   Vasey ex Brandegee; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 2: 212 (1889)
= Sporobolus eminens   J.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 242 (1830)
= Sporobolus expansus   Scribn.; Zoe 4(4): 390 (1894)
= Sporobolus schaffneri   Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 295 (1921)
= Vilfa eminens   (J.Presl) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Sporobolus ×eatonianus
											
										
										
									 P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1237 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Canada  (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Isl.); USA  (SE-New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, SE-Vermont, Maine, Maryland)
			72 CDN 75 USA 78 USA
			
				Remarks: Spartina michauxiana x pumila
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Spartina ×caespitosa   (A.A.Eaton) Fernald
= Spartina caespitosa   A.A.Eaton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 338 (1898)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Sporobolus ×onubensis
											
										
										
									 (Sánchez Guillón, M.D.Infante & B.Gallego) comb.ined.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Spartina densiflora x S. maritima
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Spartina ×onubensis   Sánchez Gullón, M.D.Infante & B.Gallego; Pl. Syst. Evol. 305(7): 544 (2019)
= Spartina  ×onubensis subsp. tartessiana Sánchez Gullón, B.Gallego & M.D.Infante; Pl. Syst. Evol. 305(7): 544 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Sporobolus ×townsendii
											
										
										
									 (H.Groves & J.Groves) P.M.Peterson & Saarela; Taxon 63(6): 1236 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hohes Schlickgras, Bastard-Schlickgras (DE), Townsend´s Cord-grass (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales, Scotland); Ireland  (Ireland); Denmark [I]; Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Germany [I]; W-France; Australia [I]  (SE-South Australia [I], S-Victoria [I]); New Zealand [I]; USA [I]  (Washington State [I])
			10 den GRB IRE 11 bgm ger net 12 FRA 50 aus 51 nzl 73 usa
			
				Remarks: Sporobolus alterniflorus x maritimus. Originated in England and is since spreading
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Spartina stricta subsp. townsendii (H.Groves & J.Groves) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 427 (1913)
= Spartina stricta var. townsendii (H.Groves & J.Groves) Husn.; Graminées 2: 13 (1897)
= Spartina ×neyrautii   Foucaud; Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Charente-Infér. 1893: 8 (1894)
= Spartina ×townsendii   H.Groves & J.Groves; Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1880: 37 (1881)