Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
Nomencl. ref.: U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Misc. Publ. No. 243 (Man. Grasses W. Indies) 84 (1936).
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Madagascar dropseed
English name: whorled dropseed
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual, Perennial
Synonyms:
= Agrostis pyramidata Lam.
= Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth
= Sporobolus coromandelianus auct. non (Retz.) Kunth
= Sporobolus patens auct. non Swallen
= Sporobolus pulvinatus Swallen
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species:
Page counter: 2126 ( AVG: 223.55 / 292.94 )
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Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Kaohikaipu, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Kaohikaipu, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Koko Head lookout, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Koko Head lookout, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
BISH specimen at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Kaohikaipu, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
BISH specimen at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Plant at Waialua, Molokai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 198.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Abandoned runway, Kure Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Habit at Spit Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Voucher 050418 28 at Kapapa, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AR, AZ, CO, FL, HI, IL, KS, LA, MD, MO, NE, NM, NY, OK, PA, TX, UT), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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