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Sporobolus assakae

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Name

Identification
Sporobolus assakae Caballero [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. Caballero,
Related name
  • Sporobolus assakae
  • sporobolus assakae
  • Sporobolus robustus

Flora

Entry for Sporobolus robustus Kunth [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Sporobolus robustus Kunth [family POACEAE], Rev. Gram. 2: 425 (1832); A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 114; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 414; Clayton in Kew Bull. 19: 296.
Sporobolus assakae Cab. [family POACEAE], (1936)
Sporobolus insulanus Parl. [family POACEAE], (1846)— Hooker, Fl. Nigrit. 187 (1849), as “S. insularis”.
Sporobolus littoralis var. elongatus Dur. & Schinz [family POACEAE], , Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 821 (1895)
Sporobolus senegalensis Chiov. [family POACEAE], , Pl. Nov. Minus Not. Aeth. 26 (1928)
Vilfa robusta (Kunth) Trin. [family POACEAE], (1840)
Vilfa insulanus (Parl.) Steud. [family POACEAE], (1854)
Agrostis abyssinica Ehrenb. & Hempr. ex Trin. [family POACEAE], (1840), in synonymy
Agrostis barbata var. senegalensis Pers. [family POACEAE], , Syn. Pl. 1: 76 (1805), illegitimate name.
Information
Stoloniferous perennial 60–90 cm. high; saline soils of the sea coast, usually on the landward side of S. virginicus.
Habitat
; saline soils of the sea coast, usually on the landward side of S. virginicus.
Range
W. African coast from Rio de Oro to Angola.
Distribution
Sen.: (Feb.) DollingerW M’bour to Rufisque (Mar.) Chev. 44129! Mbao (Oct.) Berhaut 2882! Almadies (Aug.) Broadbent 26!Gam.: Brumen ferry (July) Rhind & Deighton 5586! Balingho ferry (July) Fox 154!S. L.: Martin (Jan.) Deighton 3543! Mabatu (June) Deighton 4023! Mortail (Feb.) Deighton. 4116!Lib.: Grand Bassa (July) T. Vogel 31!Ghana: Accra (May) Dalz. 170! Kpeshi lagoon, Labadi (Mar.) Adams 3778! Keta (Hay) Thorold 62! Elmina (Mar.) Row Innes GC 30888! Tema (June) Rose. Innes GC 30358!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 316!W. Cam.: Ambas Bay, Victoria (Apr.) Brenan 9588! Victoria (July) Maitland 7!

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