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!!Sporobolus R. Br.

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Published In: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 169–170. 1810. (Prodr.)

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Agrosticula Raddi
Bauchea E. Fourn.
Bennetia Raf.
Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southw.
Crypsis Aiton
Cryptostachys Steud.
Diachyrium Griseb.
Spartina Schreb.
Spermachiton Llanos
Thellungia Stapf
Triachyrum Hochst. ex A. Braun

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Bibliography :

Peterson, P. M., S. C. Boechat & J. F. Veldkamp. 2001. Sporobolus. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41: 200–219.

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Riggins, R. 1977. A biosystematic study of the Sporobolus asper complex (Gramineae). Iowa State J. Res. 51(3): 287–321.
Stent, S. M. 1927. The South African species of Sporobolus. Bothalia 2(1): 247–274.
Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 1999. Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12(3): 375–448.
Longhi-Wagner, H. M., R. J. V. Alves, N. G. Silva & A. R. Guimarães. 2013. A new species of Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, with comments on the distribution of the genus in the South Atlantic. Phytotaxa 144(1): 13–21, f. 1–4.
Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, Y. Herrera Arrieta & J. M. Saarela. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1212–1243.
Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, Y. Herrera Arrieta & J. M. Saarela. 2014. (2332) Proposal to conserve the name Sporobolus against Spartina, Crypsis, Ponceletia, and Heleochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1373–1374.
Denham, S. S. & S. S. Aliscioni. 2010. Species delimitation in the Sporobolus aeneus complex (Zoysieae, Chloridoideae, Poaceae) using the phylogenetic species concept. Taxon 59(6): 1765–1782.

Subfamily : Chloridoideae Kunth ex Beilschm.

Tribe : Zoysieae Benth.

Subtribe : Sporobolinae Benth.

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!Sporobolus acuminatus (Trin.) Hack.
**Sporobolus acuminatus (Trin.) Kuhlm. = Sporobolus acuminatus (Trin.) Hack.
Sporobolus adustus (Trin.) Roseng., B.R. Arrill. & Izag.
Sporobolus aeneus (Trin.) Kunth
*Sporobolus affinis Kunth = Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
Sporobolus sect. Agrosticuli (Raddi) Veldkamp
Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.
Sporobolus altissimus Vasey = Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.
!Sporobolus angustus Buckley = Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Sporobolus annuus Vasey = Muhlenbergia annua (Vasey) Swallen
Sporobolus apiculatus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner
Sporobolus arenaceus Buckley = Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckley) Hitchc.
Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth = Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
Sporobolus aristatus Rydb. = Muhlenbergia filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Watson) Rydb.
**Sporobolus arizonicus Thurb. ex Vasey = Sporobolus interruptus Vasey
**Sporobolus arkansanus Nutt. ex Vasey = Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc.
!Sporobolus arundinaceus (Trin.) Kunth = Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. arundinacea (Trin.) Tzvelev
*Sporobolus arundinaceus (Griseb.) Kuntze = Sporobolus rigens (Trin.) E. Desv.
Sporobolus asper (P. Beauv.) Kunth = Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr.
**Sporobolus aspericaulis Scribn. = Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
Sporobolus asperifolius (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Nees & Meyen = Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi
Sporobolus atrovirens (Kunth) Kunth
Sporobolus attenuatus Nash = Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi
Sporobolus auriculatus Vasey = Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckley) Hitchc.
Sporobolus bahamensis Hack.
!Sporobolus berteroanus (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase = Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Sporobolus bogotensis Swallen & García-Barr.
Sporobolus bolanderi Vasey = Poa × multnomae Piper
Sporobolus brasiliensis (Raddi) Hack. = Eragrostis airoides Nees
*Sporobolus brevifolius (Nutt.) Scribn.
*Sporobolus brevifolius (Nutt.) Nash
Sporobolus buckleyi Vasey
Sporobolus camporum Swallen
Sporobolus canovirens Nash = Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc.
*Sporobolus capensis Kunth = Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
*Sporobolus capillaris Vasey = Sporobolus trichodes Hitchc.
Sporobolus capillipes M.E. Jones = Muhlenbergia capillipes (M.E. Jones) P.M. Peterson & Annable
!Sporobolus ciliatus J. Presl = Sporobolus pilifer (Trin.) Kunth
**Sporobolus ciliatus Munro ex Hook. f. = Sporobolus pilifer (Trin.) Kunth
Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc.
Sporobolus coahuilensis Valdés-Reyna
**Sporobolus complanatus Scribn. ex Beal = Muhlenbergia peruviana (P. Beauv.) Steud.
Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr.
*Sporobolus compressus Kunth = Muhlenbergia torreyana (Schult.) Hitchc.
Sporobolus confusus (E. Fourn.) Vasey = Muhlenbergia minutissima (Steud.) Swallen
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc.
Sporobolus copiapinus Phil. = Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi
Sporobolus creber De Nardi
Sporobolus crucensis Renvoize
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc.
**Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Scribn. = Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney
!Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney
Sporobolus cuspidatus (Torr. ex Hook.) Alph. Wood = Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torr. ex Hook.) Rydb.
*Sporobolus densiflorus (Brongn.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela = Sporobolus montevidensis (Arechav.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
!Sporobolus densiflorus (E. Fourn.) Vasey = Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham.
Sporobolus depauperatus (Torr. ex Hook.) Scribn. = Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
Sporobolus deserticola Phil. = Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi
**Sporobolus diander (Retz.) P. Beauv. = Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P. Beauv.
!Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P. Beauv.
Sporobolus diffusissimus Buckley = Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.
Sporobolus distichivaginatus R.W. Pohl
Sporobolus distichophyllus Phil. = Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi
Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth
Sporobolus drummondii (Trin.) Vasey = Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi
!Sporobolus effusus Desv. = Sporobolus tenuissimus (Mart. ex Schrank) Kuntze
*Sporobolus ejuncidus Nash = Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth
Sporobolus eminens J. Presl
Sporobolus erectus Hitchc.
*Sporobolus exilis Renvoize = Sporobolus linearifolius Nicora
!Sporobolus exilis (Trin.) Balansa = Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
!Sporobolus eximius (Nees ex Trin.) Ekman = Sporobolus aeneus (Trin.) Kunth
Sporobolus expansus Scribn. = Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.
Sporobolus fastigiatus J. Presl = Muhlenbergia fastigiata (J. Presl) Henrard
Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton
**Sporobolus filiculmis Vasey = Muhlenbergia thurberi (Scribn.) Rydb.
*Sporobolus filiculmis Vasey ex Beal = Muhlenbergia thurberi (Scribn.) Rydb.
!Sporobolus filiculmis L.H. Dewey = Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr.) Alph. Wood
Sporobolus filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Watson) Rydb. = Muhlenbergia filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Watson) Rydb.
Sporobolus sect. Fimbriati Veldkamp
Sporobolus fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees
Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb.
Sporobolus floridanus Chapm.
Sporobolus funckii (Steud.) F.M. Knuth
Sporobolus gaudichaudii (Steud.) Albov = Agrostis stolonifera L.
Sporobolus giganteus Nash
Sporobolus gigas (Steud.) Miq. = Thysanolaena latifolia (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda
Sporobolus gracilis (Trin.) Merr. = Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torr. ex Hook.) Rydb.
Sporobolus gracillimus (Thurb. ex S. Watson) Vasey = Muhlenbergia filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Watson) Rydb.
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray
Sporobolus hians Van Schaack
Sporobolus hintonii Hartley
Sporobolus humifusus (Kunth) Kunth
!Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
*Sporobolus inflatus Vasey & L.H. Dewey ex Beal = Muhlenbergia dubia E. Fourn.
Sporobolus inordinatus Mez = Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth
Sporobolus interruptus Vasey
!Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth
Sporobolus jonesii Vasey = Muhlenbergia jonesii (Vasey) Hitchc.

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