Sporobolus indicus
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
- Species
- Sporobolus indicus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1810
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Sporobolus indicus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
30 synonyms in this snapshot
- Agrostis elongataName author: Lam.
- Agrostis indicaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Agrostis orientalisName author: Nees
- Agrostis tenacissimaName author: L.f.
- Agrostis tenuissimaName author: Spreng.
- Andropogon intortusName author: Crantz
- Paspalum lanceifoliumName author: Desv.
- Paspalum parviflorumName author: Desv.
- Sporobolus angustusName author: Buckley
- Sporobolus berteroanusName author: (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase
- Sporobolus exilisName author: (Trin.) Balansa
- Sporobolus indicus f. africanoidesName author: Jovet & Guédès
- Sporobolus indicus f. indicusName author: Not supplied
- Sporobolus indicus f. microspiculusName author: Jovet & Guédès
- Sporobolus indicus subsp. indicusName author: Not supplied
- Sporobolus indicus var. andinusName author: Renvoize
- Sporobolus indicus var. exilisName author: (Trin.) T.Koyama
- Sporobolus indicus var. indicusName author: Not supplied
- Sporobolus indicus var. tenacissimusName author: (L.f.) Peter
- Sporobolus lamarckiiName author: Ham.
- Sporobolus orientalisName author: Kunth
- Sporobolus tenacissimusName author: (L.f.) P.Beauv.
- Vilfa angustaName author: Buckley
- Vilfa berteroanaName author: Trin.
- Vilfa elongataName author: P.Beauv.
- Vilfa exilisName author: Trin.
- Vilfa indicaName author: (L.) Trin. ex Steud.
- Vilfa orientalisName author: Nees ex Trin.
- Vilfa tenacissimaName author: (L.f.) Kunth
- Vilfa tenacissima var. exilisName author: (Trin.) E.Fourn.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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