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Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr.

This species name was first published in Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 32: 6 (1901)  

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-0000901050.

Synonyms of Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agrostis aspera Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 53 (1803) wfo-0000843259
Agrostis composita Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 254 (1810) wfo-0000843475
Agrostis involuta Muhl. Descr. Gram. : 72 (1817) wfo-0000843834
Agrostis longifolia (Torr.) Torr. ex A.Gray Manual : 575 (1848) wfo-0000843935
Agrostis polystachya Bosc ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 42 (1840) wfo-0000844223
Apera aspera P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 151 (1812) wfo-0000848259
Glyceria stricta Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 95 (1862 publ. 1863) wfo-0000873365
Muhlenbergia aspera (P.Beauv.) Trin. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 193. 1824 wfo-0000880607
Muhlenbergia composita Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 40 (1840) wfo-0000880672
Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829) wfo-0000900972
Sporobolus asper var. drummondii (Trin.) Vasey Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 60 (1892) wfo-0000900975
Sporobolus asper var. hookeri (Trin.) Vasey Descr. Cat. Grass. U.S. : 43 (1885) wfo-0000900976
Sporobolus asper var. pilosus (Vasey) Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 161 (1928) wfo-0000900978
Sporobolus attenuatus Nash Fl. S.E. U.S. : 123 (1903) wfo-0000900985
Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi Phytologia 78: 11 (1995) wfo-0000901052
Sporobolus drummondii (Trin.) Vasey Descr. Cat. Grass. U.S. : 44 (1885) wfo-0000901105
Sporobolus longifolius (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood Class-book Bot. : 775 (1861) wfo-0000901297
Sporobolus pilosus Vasey Bot. Gaz. 16: 26 (1891) wfo-0000901397
Vilfa aspera P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16, 147 (1812) wfo-0000907030
Vilfa composita (Poir.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812) wfo-0000907056
Vilfa drummondii Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 106 (1840) wfo-0000907087
Vilfa hookeri Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 106 (1840) wfo-0000907130
Vilfa longifolia Torr. ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 107 (-108). 1840 [Nov 1840] ; this is vol. 4 of the Sci. Nat. series; reprinted as Agrostidea I. Vilfea: 85 (-86). wfo-0000907150
Agrostis longifolia Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 90 1823 wfo-0001095597
Sporobolus asper var. asper wfo-0001096588
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus wfo-0001227765