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The genus Sporobolus is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Sporobolus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Sporobolus acinifolius Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus actinocladus (F.Muell.) F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus acuminatus (Trin.) Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus adustus (Trin.) Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus aeneus (Trin.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus agrostoides Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus albicans (Nees ex Trin.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus aldabrensis Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus amaliae Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus angustifolius A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus apiculatus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus atrovirens (Kunth) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus australasicus Domin	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus bahamensis Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus balansae Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus bechuanicus Gooss.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus blakei B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus bogotensis Swallen & Garc.-Barr.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus brockmanii Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus buckleyi Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus caespitosus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus camporum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus capillaris Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus carolii Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus centrifugus (Trin.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus coahuilensis J.Valdés	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus collettii (Hook.f.) Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus compactus Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus confinis (Steud.) Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus congoensis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus consimilis Fresen.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus contiguus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus cordofanus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hérincq ex Coss.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus creber De Nardi	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus crucensis Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus dinklagei Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus discosporus Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus disjunctus B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus distichivaginatus R.W.Pohl	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus durus Brongn.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus elatior Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus elongatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus engleri Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus erectus Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus eximius (Trin.) Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus farinosus Hosok.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus festivus Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus fibrosus Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus flexuosus (Vasey) Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus floridanus Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus fourcadei Stent	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus geminatus Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus giganteus Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus gloeoclados Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus hajrae P.Umam. & P.Daniel	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus halophilus Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus hancei Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus harmandii Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus helvolus (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus hians Van Schaack	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus hintonii Hartley	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus humilis J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus infirmus Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus interruptus Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus ioclados (Trin.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus junceus (P.Beauv.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus kerrii Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus lanuginellus Maire	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus lasiophyllus Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus latzii B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus laxus B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus lenticularis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus linearifolius Nicora	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus ludwigii Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus macer (Trin.) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus macranthelus Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus macrospermus Scribn. ex Beal	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus maderaspatanus Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus maximus Hauman	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus mendocinus Méndez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus metallicola Longhi-Wagner & Boechat	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus micranthus (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus microprotus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus mildbraedii Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus minarum Boechat & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus minimus Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus minor Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus minutus Link	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus mirabilis Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus mitchellii (Trin.) C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus molleri Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus monandrus Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus montanus Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus mopane Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus multinodis Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus multiramosus Longhi-Wagner & Boechat	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus myrianthus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus natalensis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus nealleyi Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus nebulosus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus neglectus Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus nervosus Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus nitens Stent	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus novoguineensis Baaijens	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus nudiramus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus olivaceus Napper	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus palmeri Scribn.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pamelae B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus panicoides A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus paniculatus (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus partimpatens B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pauciflorus A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus paucifolius Boechat & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pectinatus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pectinellus Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pellucidus Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus perrieri A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus phleoides Hack. ex Stuck.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus piliferus (Trin.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pinetorum Weakley & P.M.Peterson	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus platensis Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus potosiensis Wipff & S.D.Jones	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pseudairoides Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pulchellus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pungens (Schreb.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) C.L.Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus quadratus Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus recurvatus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus reflexus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus rigens (Trin.) É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus rigidifolius (Trin.) Mez ex Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus robustus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus ruspolianus Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus salsus Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus sanguineus Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus scabridus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus sciadocladus Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus scitulus Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus sessilis B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus silveanus Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus somalensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus spicatus (Vahl) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus spiciformis Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus splendens Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus stapfianus Gand.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus stolzii Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus subglobosus A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus subtilis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus subulatus Hack. ex Scott-Elliot	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus temomairemensis Judz. & P.M.Peterson	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus tenacissimus (L. f.) J. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Sporobolus tenellus (Spreng.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus tenuissimus (Schrank.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus teretifolius R.M.Harper	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus testudinum Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus tetragonus Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus texanus Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus tourneuxii Coss.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus trichodes Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus uniglumis Stent & J.M.Rattray	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Gray) Alph.Wood	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus viscidus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus wallichii Munro ex Thwaites	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus welwitschii Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Sporobolus wrightii Scribn.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 483 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sporobolus. Of these 183 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 143 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sporobolus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 483 species names for the genus Sporobolus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	183	37.9%
◕	Synonym	284	58.8%
◕	Unplaced	10	2.1%
◕	Unassessed	6	1.2%

All names

The status of the 626 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sporobolus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	184	29.4%
◕	Synonym	426	68.1%
◕	Unplaced	10	1.6%
◕	Unassessed	6	1.0%

Of these names,

• 22 are recorded as invalid
• 27 are recorded as illegitimate
• 4 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 483 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sporobolus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	181	261	0	0	442	91.5%
	Medium confidence	1	20	0	0	21	4.3%
	Low confidence	1	3	10	6	20	4.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sporobolus, are as follows: