Taxonomy Profile: Sporobolus africanus (Poir Robyns & Tournay)

Sporobolus africanus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Sporobolus indicus var. capensis
Engl
Agrostis africana
Poir
Sporobolus capensis
Kunth
Common Name(s):
rattailgrass []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sporobolus africanus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Lilianae
monocots |
monocotyledons |
monocotylédones |
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
grasses |
graminées |
Genus : Sporobolus
dropseed |
dropseed spp. |
Species : Sporobolus africanus
rattailgrass |
Sporobolus africanus Direct Children(s):
Sporobolus africanus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Sporobolus africanus
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Sporobolus africanus
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Sporobolus africanus
Source:
Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009
Acquired:
2009-11-24
Notes:
Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
Reference for:
Sporobolus africanus
Source:
Poaceae update
Acquired:
2010-09-01
Notes:
Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
Reference for:
Sporobolus africanus
Publication(s):
Sporobolus africanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caribbean Territories / Introduced
Sporobolus africanus: Comments