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G.377. Sporobolus
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a panicle, often with whorled primary branches. Spikelets nearly always glabrous, awnless. Ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes membranous, the upper usually longer than the lower. Lemma 1(-3)-nerved, without awns, usually shining; palea as long as lemma or a little shorter. Grain with free pericarp. Fruit rounded or truncate at tip, not beaked. Sporobolus species may resemble species of Eragrostis but are always 1-flowered whereas Eragrostis species have more than 1 floret per spikelet. Worldwide: c. 160 species in the tropics and subtropics Caprivi: 16 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| africanus (Poir.) A. Robyns & Tournay | Description |
| festivus Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image |
| ioclados (Trin.) Nees | Description |
| mildbraedii Pilg. | |
| molleri Hack. | Description, Image |
| myrianthus Benth. | Description |
| paniculatus (Trin.) T. Durand & Schinz | |
| pectinellus Mez | |
| piliferus (Trin.) Kunth | Description |
| pyramidalis P. Beauv. | Description, Image |
| rigidifolius (Trin.) Mez ex Veldkamp | |
| sanguineus Rendle | Description, Image |
| spicatus (Vahl) Kunth | Description |
| stapfianus Gand. | Description, Image |
| stolzii Mez | Description |
| tenuissimus (Schrank) Kuntze |
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Flora of Malawi: Sporobolus
Flora of Mozambique: Sporobolus
Flora of Zambia: Sporobolus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sporobolus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SporobolusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sporobolus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sporobolus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sporobolus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sporobolus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sporobolus
JSTOR Plant Science: Sporobolus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sporobolus
Plants of the World Online: Sporobolus
Tropicos: Sporobolus
Wikipedia: Sporobolus
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