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Sporobolus  R. Br.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 42115

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): dropseed
 
    dropseed spp.
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown    
  Latest Record Review: 1999    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  
    SubkingdomTracheobionta  -- vascular plants  
       DivisionMagnoliophyta  -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits  
          ClassLiliopsida  -- monocotylédones, monocotyledons  
             SubclassCommelinidae   
                OrderCyperales   
                   FamilyPoaceae  -- graminées, grasses  
                      GenusSporobolus R. Br. -- dropseed, dropseed spp.  
    Direct Children:  
                         Variety Sporobolus asper var. asper (Michx.) Kunth -- a longleaf dropseed, meadow dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. -- alkali sacaton, alkali-sacaton 
                         Species Sporobolus buckleyi Vasey -- Buckley's dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) A.S. Hitchc. -- rough dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. -- composite dropseed, dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchc. -- spike dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth -- Madagascar dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray -- sand dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus cubensis A.S. Hitchc. -- Cuban dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus curtissii (Vasey ex Beal) Small ex Scribn. -- Curtis' dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus diander (Retz.) Beauv. -- tussock dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth -- coral dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus elongatus R. Br. -- elongate dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees -- fringed dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb. -- mesa dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus floridanus Chapman -- Florida dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus giganteus Nash -- giant dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray -- northern dropseed, prairie dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. -- Rattail smutgrass, smut grass, smutgrass 
                         Species Sporobolus interruptus Vasey -- black dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus junceus (Beauv.) Kunth -- pineywoods dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus microspermus (Lag.) A. Hitchcock -- dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus nealleyi Vasey -- gyp dropseed, gypgrass 
                         Species Sporobolus neglectus Nash -- puffsheath dropseed, small dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus piliferus (Trin.) Kunth -- Barundi dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Hamilton -- purple dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus silveanus Swallen -- Silveus' dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus tenuissimus (Mart. ex Schrank) Kuntze -- tropical dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus teretifolius Harper -- wireleaf dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus texanus Vasey -- Texas dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus tharpii A.S. Hitchc. -- Tharp's dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex Gray) Wood -- poverty dropseed, poverty grass 
                         Species Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth -- seashore dropseed 
                         Species Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn. -- big sacaton, giant sacaton 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John Kartesz  
  Notes: Biota of North America Project (BONAP), University of North Carolina   
  Reference for: Sporobolus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sporobolus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Sporobolus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Sporobolus   
       
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