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African Prickle Grass

Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P. M. Peterson

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P. M. Peterson
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Crypsis niliaca
Species recognized by United States Species List
Crypsis vaginiflora
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
Crypsis vaginiflora Forssk.
Sporobolus niliacus
Species recognized by NCBI
Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P. M. Peterson
Crypsis compacta
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Crypsis compacta Steud.
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Crypsis niliaca
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Crypsis vaginiflora
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
Phalaris vaginiflora
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Sporobolus niliacus
Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P. M. Peterson
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De)
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Alternative Names

Crypsis compacta Steud.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Crypsis niliaca Fig. & De Not.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Heleochloa compacta (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Phalaris vaginiflora Forssk.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Crypsis compacta Steud.
Crypsis niliaca Fig. & De Not.
Crypsis vaginiflora
Synonym according to NCBI
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
Heleochloa compacta (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz
Phalaris vaginiflora Forssk.
Crypsis aculeata
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Crypsis compacta Steud.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Crypsis niliaca Fig. & De Not.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Crypsis niliaca Fig. & de Not.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Crypsis niliacea Fig. & De
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Crypsis vaginiflora (Forssk.) Opiz
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Heleochloa compacta (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz
Heleochloa compacta (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Phalaris vaginiflora Forssk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Sporobolus niliaca (Fig. & De Not.) P. M. Peterson
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images

Common Names

English

African Prickle Grass preferred
modest prickle grass preferred
Modest prickle grass
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020

Curated hierarchies for Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P. M. Peterson

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Sporobolus
122 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Sporobolus R. Br.
125 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Sporobolus
122 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Sporobolus
122 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Sporobolus R. Br.
136 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
Liliopsida
Petrosaviidae
commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
PACMAD clade
Chloridoideae
Zoysieae
Sporobolinae
Sporobolus
Sporobolus niliacus (this page)
55 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Poaceae
Chloridoideae
Zoysieae
Sporobolinae
Sporobolus
Sporobolus niliacus (this page)
245 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.