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Taxon:  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. flaccidus (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp



Summary
Genus:
Sporobolus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:
409673
Place of publication:
Blumea 35:433. 1991
Verified:
12/15/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. (1 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. capensis Engl. (1 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. indicus (0 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. major (Buse) Baaijens (1 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. pyramidalis (P. Beauv.) Veldkamp (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis diandra Retz.
Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P. Beauv.
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Reference(s)
  1. Baaijens, G. J. & J. F. Veldkamp. 1991. Sporobolus (Gramineae) in Malesia. Blumea 35:393-458.
  2. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  3. Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 1999. Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:393.
  4. Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm.
Common names
English
dropseed –
wire grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409673. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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