Sporobolus alterniflorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Zoysieae
Subtribus: Sporobolinae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species: Sporobolus alterniflorus

Name

Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela, Taxon 63: 1236 (2014)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Spartina alterniflora Loisel., Fl. Gall.: 719 (1807)
Homotypic
- Trachynotia alterniflora (Loisel.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 5: 279 (1815)
- Spartina stricta var. alterniflora (Loisel.) A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 552 (1856)
- Spartina glabra var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merr., Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 9: 9 (1902)
- Spartina maritima var. alterniflora (Loisel.) St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 25, 53 (1932)
Heterotypic
- Dactylis maritima Walter, Fl. Carol.: 77 (1788), nom. illeg.
- Dactylis fasciculata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 180 (1791)
- Spartina fasciculata P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 25 (1812)
- Spartina glabra Muhl. ex Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 95 (1816)
- Limnetis glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 38 (1818)
- Spartina laevigata Bosc ex Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 92 (1820)
- Spartina brasiliensis Raddi, Agrostogr. Bras.: 21 (1823)
- Rottboellia paniculata Salzm. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 474 (1841), pro syn.
- Spartina bahiensis Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 474 (1841), pro syn.
- Spartina dissitiflora Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 215 (1854)
- Spartina stricta var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 552 (1856)
- Spartina stricta var. maritima Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 66 (1888)
- Spartina glabra var. pilosa Merr., Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 9: 9 (1902)
- Spartina alterniflora var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Fernald, Rhodora 18: 178 (1916)
- Spartina alterniflora var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald, Rhodora 18: 179 (1916)
- Spartina maritima var. brasiliensis (Raddi) St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 56 (1932)
- Spartina maritima subvar. fallax St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 57 (1932)
- Spartina maritima subsp. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 48 (1932)
- Spartina maritima var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 24, 49 (1932)
- Spartina maritima subvar. pilosa (Merr.) St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 51 (1932)
- Spartina maritima subvar. radii St.-Yves, Candollea 5: 56 (1932)
- Spartina merrillii A.Chev., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 787 (1933 publ. 1934)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina, Virginia
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
- Regional: Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I., Québec
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Texas
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Uruguay
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French, Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago
Introduced into:
- California, China North-Central, China Southeast, France, Great Britain, India, Japan, New Zealand North, Oregon, Spain, Taiwan, Washington

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Herrera Arrieta, Y. & Saarela, J.M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1212–1243. DOI: 10.12705/636.19 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Additional references

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sporobolus alterniflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sporobolus alterniflorus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 10 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Sporobolus alterniflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Smooth Cord-grass
한국어: 갯줄풀
Nederlands: engels slijkgras
português: Capim-marinho
中文: 互花米草

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