Genus Spartina Schreb.

Possible synonym of Sporobolus R. Br.


Summary
Genus number:
11328
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Common name(s):

cordgrass
Accession count:

158 (58  active, 22  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
a rejected (nom. rej.), heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) of Sporobolus R. Br., nom. cons.


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References:
  1. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2014. (2332) Proposal to conserve the name Sporobolus against Spartina, Crypsis, Ponceletia, and Heleochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63:1173-1174.
  2. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63:1212-1243. Note: = Sporobolus R. Br.
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/taxonomygenus?id=11328. Accessed 10 May 2026.