Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Sporobolus R. Brown, 1810

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WoRMS taxon details

Sporobolus R. Brown, 1810

AphiaID

382423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382423)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

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Parent

Poaceae

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Species Sporobolus arabicus Boiss.
Species Sporobolus domingensis (Trinius) Kunth, 1833
Species Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Species Sporobolus virginicus (Linnaeus) Kunth, 1829

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 169,170; note: Type specimen is Agrostis indica L. (http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003985) [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Sporobolus R. Brown, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382423 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-02-09 09:45:41Z

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Decock, Wim

2021-03-17 07:01:41Z

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Nomenclature

original description Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 169,170; note: Type specimen is Agrostis indica L. (http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003985) [details]

Other

additional source Peterson, P. M.; Romaschenko, K.; Arrieta, Y. H.; Saarela, J. M. (2014). (2332) Proposal to conserve the name Sporobolus against Spartina, Crypsis, Ponceletia, and Heleochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). <em>Taxon.</em> 63(6): 1373-1374., available online at https://doi.org/10.12705/636.23 [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

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Language	Name
English	dropseeds	[details]
Swedish	droppgräs	[details]

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To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_E-02-18)

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To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_E-02-19)

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