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Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

This species name was first published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 242 (1955) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000900931.

Synonyms of Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agrostis capensis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 372 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000841741
Agrostis africana Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 254 (1810) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000843113
Agrostis spicata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 19 (1794) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000844469
Panicum caudatum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 19 (1794) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000883447
Sporobolus batesii A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000900992
Sporobolus capensis Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 212 (1833) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000901020
Sporobolus indicus var. capensis Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika : 127 (1892) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000901202
Sporobolus indicus var. cinereoviridis Baaijens Blumea 35: 431 (1991) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000901203
Vilfa africana (Poir.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000907007
Vilfa capensis (Thunb.) P.Beauv. Essai d'une nouvelle Agrostographie 1812 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000907044
Vilfa dianthera Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 162 (1854) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000907081
Sporobolus indicus var. africanus (Poir.) Jovet & Guédès Taxon 22: 163 (1973) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001412309