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dropseeds, cordgrasses, and sandreeds
Sporobolus
Sporobolus is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name Sporobolus means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word σπόρος (spóros), meaning "seed", and the root of βάλλειν (bállein) "to throw", referring to the dispersion of seeds. Members of the genus are usually called dropseeds or sacaton grasses. They are typical prairie and savanna plants, occurring in other types of open habitat in warmer climates. At least one species (S. caespitosus from Saint Helena) is threatened with extinction, and another (S. durus from Ascension Island) is extinct.
57 branches of this genus, most-observed first
cord-grasses
sectionSpartina
Sporobolus
sectionSporobolus
Calamovilfa
sectionCalamovilfa
Virginicae
sectionVirginicae
Cryptandri
sectionCryptandri
Airoides
sectionAiroides
Clandestini
sectionClandestini
Crypsis
sectionCrypsis
Pyramidati
sectionPyramidati
Triachyrum
sectionTriachyrum
Fringed Dropseed
speciesSporobolus pectinatus
Fimbriatae
sectionFimbriatae
Sporobolus rigens
speciesSporobolus rigens
Sporobolus consimilis
speciesSporobolus consimilis
Sporobolus hancei
speciesSporobolus hancei
Florida Sandreed
speciesSporobolus vaseyi
Thellungia
sectionThellungia
Sporobolus osceolensis
speciesSporobolus osceolensis
Sporobolus nebulosus
speciesSporobolus nebulosus
Acinifolii
sectionAcinifolii
Sporobolus oxyphyllus
speciesSporobolus oxyphyllus
Misty Dropseed
speciesSporobolus subtilis
Sporobolus perrieri
speciesSporobolus perrieri
Sporobolus pamelae
speciesSporobolus pamelae
Ascension Hedgehog Grass
speciesSporobolus caespitosus
Sporobolus lenticularis
speciesSporobolus lenticularis
Sporobolus congoensis
speciesSporobolus congoensis
Buckley's Dropseed
speciesSporobolus buckleyi
Sporobolus platensis
speciesSporobolus platensis
Sporobolus disjunctus
speciesSporobolus disjunctus
Sporobolus contiguus
speciesSporobolus contiguus
Sporobolus welwitschii
speciesSporobolus welwitschii
Sporobolus apiculatus
speciesSporobolus apiculatus
Sporobolus multiramosus
speciesSporobolus multiramosus
Sporobolus tourneuxii
speciesSporobolus tourneuxii
Sporobolus gloeoclados
speciesSporobolus gloeoclados
Sporobolus viscidus
speciesSporobolus viscidus
Sporobolus palmeri
speciesSporobolus palmeri
Sporobolus potosiensis
speciesSporobolus potosiensis
Sporobolus erectus
speciesSporobolus erectus
Sporobolus geminatus
speciesSporobolus geminatus
Sporobolus bechuanicus
speciesSporobolus bechuanicus
Sporobolus engleri
speciesSporobolus engleri
Sporobolus salsus
speciesSporobolus salsus
Sporobolus elatior
speciesSporobolus elatior
Sporobolus lanuginellus
speciesSporobolus lanuginellus
Sporobolus minutus
speciesSporobolus minutus
Sporobolus copei
speciesSporobolus copei
Sporobolus olivaceus
speciesSporobolus olivaceus
Sporobolus hintonii
speciesSporobolus hintonii
Sporobolus blakei
speciesSporobolus blakei
Sporobolus bahamensis
speciesSporobolus bahamensis
Sporobolus scitulus
speciesSporobolus scitulus
Sporobolus mirabilis
speciesSporobolus mirabilis
Sporobolus hians
speciesSporobolus hians
Sporobolus durus
speciesSporobolus durus
Sporobolus adustus
speciesSporobolus adustus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51826.