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Sporobolus
Sign in to saveSporobolus is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name Sporobolus means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of seeds. Members of the genus are usually called dropseeds or sacaton grasses. They are typical prairie and savanna plants, occurring in other types of open habitat in warmer climates. At least one species (S. caespitosus from Saint Helena) is threatened with extinction, and another (S. durus from Ascension Island) is extinct.
Species
dropseeds
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Sporobolus, es un género de plantas herbáceas perteneciente a la familia de las poáceas. Es originario de las regiones templadas y tropicales del globo.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,813
- With media
- 2,449
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- DCBS-DICTUS-USON, IIB-UV, BRIT, IBUNAM, MICH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, United Kingdom, France
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Starr 090205-2349 Sporobolus virginicus.jpg
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- Sporobolus
- Commons category
- Sporobolus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Sporobolus
- taxon common name
- 鼠尾栗属
- taxon synonym
- Crypsis
- taxonomic type
- Sporobolus indicus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Uses
- Ecology
- Selected species
- References
Sporobolus is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name Sporobolus means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of seeds. Members of the genus are usually called dropseeds or sacaton grasses. They are typical prairie and savanna plants, occurring in other types of open habitat in warmer climates. At least one species (S. caespitosus from Saint Helena) is threatened with extinction, and another (S. durus from Ascension Island) is extinct.
==Uses== While some dropseeds, such as prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis), make nice gardening plants, they are generally considered to make inferior pastures, but seeds of at least some species are edible and nutritious; they were used as food, for example, by the Chiricahua Apaches. Other species are reported to be used as famine foods, such as Sporobolus indicus in parts of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, where it is known as muriy in Oromiffa.
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