Sporobolus spicatus
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID644032c7bc86b231894463 |
| Scientific name | Sporobolus spicatus |
| Authority | Kunth |
| First published in | Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829) |
Description Top
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Sporobolus spicatus, commonly known as salt grass, is a type of halophyte that is found in dry regions of Africa, from Namibia to Egypt, as well as in the Mediterranean region, South Africa, and parts of the Middle East and South Asia. This perennial bunchgrass has short, pointed flat leaves and can reach a maximum height of 40 cm. It is easily recognizable by its dark green color and is often found near bodies of water.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Agrostis involuta | Poir. | Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 252 (1810) |
| Agrostis virginica | Forssk. | Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 20 (1775) |
| Crypsis myosurus | Nees ex Steud. | Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 152 (1854) |
| Heleochloa myosurus | T.Durand & Schinz | Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 814 (1894) |
| Sporobolus faucicola | Peter | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 82 (1930) |
| Vilfa involuta | P.Beauv. | Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812) |
| Vilfa spicata | P.Beauv. | Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812) |
| Agrostis spicata | Vahl | Symb. Bot. 1: 9 (1790) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | salt grass |
| Arabic | دفرة شوكية |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Africa click to expand
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East Tropical Africa
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
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Macaronesia
- Cape Verde
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Northeast Tropical Africa
- Chad
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Socotra
- Somalia
- Sudan
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Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Northern Provinces
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West Tropical Africa
- Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Burundi
- Rwanda
- Zaïre
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East Tropical Africa
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Arabian Peninsula
- Gulf States
- Oman
- Saudi Arabia
- Yemen
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Western Asia
- Sinai
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Arabian Peninsula
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Indian Subcontinent
- India
- West Himalaya
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Indian Subcontinent
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000901491 |
| Tropicos | 25515125 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:422949-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-444488 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 17154 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 977950 |
| IPNI | 422949-1 |
| iNaturalist | 343101 |
| GBIF | 4147245 |
| Freebase | /m/0dgsc68 |
| EPPO | SPZSP |
| EOL | 5820649 |
| USDA GRIN | 35389 |
| Wikipedia | Sporobolus_spicatus |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Crop Species Mechanisms and Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Forage Cropping Systems in Salt-Affected Arid Regions | Ashilenje DS, Amombo E, Hirich A, Kouisni L, Devkota KP, El Mouttaqi A, Nilahyane A | Front Plant Sci | 24-May-2022 |
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| Climate change and hydrological regime in arid lands: Impacts of dams on the plant diversity, vegetation structure and soil in Saudi Arabia | Al-Munqedhi BM, El-Sheikh MA, Alfarhan AH, Alkahtani AM, Arif IA, Rajagopal R, Alharthi ST | Saudi J Biol Sci | 25-Jan-2022 |
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| Phenology is the dominant control of methane emissions in a tropical non-forested wetland | Helfter C, Gondwe M, Murray-Hudson M, Makati A, Lunt MF, Palmer PI, Skiba U | Nat Commun | 10-Jan-2022 |
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| δ13C methane source signatures from tropical wetland and rice field emissions | France JL, Fisher RE, Lowry D, Allen G, Andrade MF, Bauguitte SJ, Bower K, Broderick TJ, Daly MC, Forster G, Gondwe M, Helfter C, Hoyt AM, Jones AE, Lanoisellé M, Moreno I, Nisbet-Jones PB, Oram D, Pasternak D, Pitt JR, Skiba U, Stephens M, Wilde SE, Nisbet EG | Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci | 06-Dec-2021 |
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| From sink to source: high inter-annual variability in the carbon budget of a Southern African wetland | Helfter C, Gondwe M, Murray-Hudson M, Makati A, Skiba U | Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci | 06-Dec-2021 |
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| A Review of C4 Plants in Southwest Asia: An Ecological, Geographical and Taxonomical Analysis of a Region With High Diversity of C4 Eudicots | Rudov A, Mashkour M, Djamali M, Akhani H | Front Plant Sci | 05-Nov-2020 |
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| Checklist of the grasses of India | Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P | PhytoKeys | 16-Oct-2020 |
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| Remote sensing of 10 years changes in the vegetation cover of the northwestern coastal land of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia | Alharthi A, El-Sheikh MA, Elhag M, Alatar AA, Abbadi GA, Abdel-Salam EM, Arif IA, Baeshen AA, Eid EM | Saudi J Biol Sci | 23-Jul-2020 |
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| Hard plant tissues do not contribute meaningfully to dental microwear: evolutionary implications | van Casteren A, Strait DS, Swain MV, Michael S, Thai LA, Philip SM, Saji S, Al-Fadhalah K, Almusallam AS, Shekeban A, McGraw WS, Kane EE, Wright BW, Lucas PW | Sci Rep | 17-Jan-2020 |
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| Roles of Hardened Husks and Membranes Surrounding Brachypodium hybridum Grains on Germination and Seedling Growth | El-Keblawy A, Elgabra M, Mosa KA, Fakhry A, Soliman S | Plants (Basel) | 03-Sep-2019 |
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| Termites (Blattodea Latreille 1810, Termitoidae Latreille 1802) of Abuko Nature Reserve, Nyambai Forest Park and Tanji Bird Reserve (The Gambia) | Ndiaye AB, Njie E, Correa PA | Insects | 28-Apr-2019 |
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| Discriminatory power of rbcL barcode locus for authentication of some of United Arab Emirates (UAE) native plants | Maloukh L, Kumarappan A, Jarrar M, Salehi J, El-wakil H, Rajya Lakshmi TV | 3 Biotech | 08-Jun-2017 |
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| The Feeding Biomechanics and Dietary Ecology of Paranthropus boisei | Smith AL, Benazzi S, Ledogar JA, Tamvada K, Pryor Smith LC, Weber GW, Spencer MA, Lucas PW, Michael S, Shekeban A, Al-Fadhalah K, Almusallam AS, Dechow PC, Grosse IR, Ross CF, Madden RH, Richmond BG, Wright BW, Wang Q, Byron C, Slice DE, Wood S, Dzialo C, Berthaume MA, Casteren AV, Strait DS | Anat Rec (Hoboken) | 01-Jan-2015 |
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| Spatial Guilds in the Serengeti Food Web Revealed by a Bayesian Group Model | Baskerville EB, Dobson AP, Bedford T, Allesina S, Anderson TM, Pascual M | PLoS Comput Biol | 29-Dec-2011 |
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| Struggle in the flood: tree responses to flooding stress in four tropical floodplain systems | Parolin P, Wittmann F | AoB Plants | 22-Feb-2010 |
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