Taxon:  Sporobolus festivus Hochst. ex A. Rich.



Summary
Genus:
Sporobolus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:
35358
Place of publication:
Tent. fl. abyss. 2:398.  1850-1851
Comment:
the date of volume 2 of Richard's work, lacking from the title page but given as 1850 in TL-2, is given by Pritzel as 1851 (K. Gandhi, pers. comm. via e-mail on 29 Jun 2012)
Verified:
10/21/2020 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  2. Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 148.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSouth Sudan  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 148.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth-West Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanBritish Indian Ocean Terr  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: British Indian Ocean Terr

Reference(s)
  1. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  2. Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 148.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35358. Accessed 13 May 2026.