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Taxon:  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. major (Buse) Baaijens



Summary
Genus:
Sporobolus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:
412839
Place of publication:
Blumea 35:437. 1991
Verified:
03/12/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
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. flaccidus (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp (0 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. indicus (0 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
Basionym
Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P. Beauv. var. major Buse

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis fertilis Steud.
Sporobolus elongatus R. Br. var. purpureosuffusus Ohwi
Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton
Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) Keng f. & X. S. Shen
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. fertilis (Steud.) Jovet & Guedes
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. pallidior T. Koyama
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T. Koyama
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Reference(s)
  1. Baaijens, G. J. & J. F. Veldkamp. 1991. Sporobolus (Gramineae) in Malesia. Blumea 35:393-458.
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  4. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  5. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
  6. Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 1999. Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:395.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Shaanxi, Xizang, Yunnan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 1999. Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:395-396.
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=412839. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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