Sporobolus

Accepted species 226 Documented here 54 Family Poaceae

Accepted species 226 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Sporobolus michauxianus (Hitchc.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 419 documented
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth 399 documented
Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 350 documented
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A.Gray 252 documented
Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. 247 documented
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br. 196 documented
Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 172 documented
Sporobolus pumilus (Roth) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 170 documented
Sporobolus wrightii Scribn. 160 documented
Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood 149 documented
Sporobolus anglicus (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 111 documented
Sporobolus heterolepis (A.Gray) A.Gray 109 documented
Sporobolus junceus (P.Beauv.) Kunth 104 documented
Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. 97 documented
Sporobolus flexuosus (Vasey) Rydb. 81 documented
Sporobolus rigidus (Buckley) P.M.Peterson 73 documented
Sporobolus schoenoides (L.) P.M.Peterson 70 documented
Sporobolus nealleyi Vasey 56 documented
Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc. 50 documented
Sporobolus contractus Hitchc. 49 documented
Sporobolus cynosuroides (L.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 44 documented
Sporobolus aculeatus (L.) P.M.Peterson 41 documented
Sporobolus hookerianus P.M.Peterson & Saarela 41 documented
Sporobolus bakeri (Merr.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 40 documented
Sporobolus floridanus Chapm. 27 documented
Sporobolus giganteus Nash 26 documented
Sporobolus creber De Nardi 25 documented
Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton 25 documented
Sporobolus alopecuroides (Piller & Mitterp.) P.M.Peterson 18 documented
Sporobolus pungens (Schreb.) Kunth 18 documented
Sporobolus neglectus Nash 17 documented
Sporobolus arenicola P.M.Peterson 16 documented
Sporobolus montevidensis (Arechav.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 16 documented
Sporobolus ramigerus (F.Muell.) R.L.Barrett & P.M.Peterson 16 documented
Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc. 15 documented
Sporobolus foliosus (Trin.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 15 documented
Sporobolus natalensis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz 12 documented
Sporobolus elongatus R.Br. 11 documented
Sporobolus maritimus (Curtis) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 11 documented
Sporobolus actinocladus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 9 documented
Sporobolus fimbriatus (Nees ex Trin.) Nees 9 documented
Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney 8 documented
Sporobolus caroli Mez 6 documented
Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham. 6 documented
Sporobolus australasicus Domin 5 documented
Sporobolus rigens (Trin.) É.Desv. 5 documented
Sporobolus coarctatus (Trin.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 4 documented
Sporobolus advenus (Stapf) P.M.Peterson 3 documented
Sporobolus centrifugus (Trin.) Nees 3 documented
Sporobolus discosporus Nees 3 documented
Sporobolus mitchellii (Trin.) C.E.Hubb. 3 documented
Sporobolus perrieri A.Camus 3 documented
Sporobolus pinetorum Weakley & P.M.Peterson 3 documented
Sporobolus spicatus (Vahl) Kunth 3 documented
Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv. 8 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus caespitosus Kunth 2 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus teretifolius R.M.Harper 2 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus × longispicus (Hauman & Parodi ex St.-Yves) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus × townsendii (H.Groves & J.Groves) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus acinifolius Stapf 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus acuminatus (Trin.) Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus adustus (Trin.) Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus aeneus (Trin.) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus agrostoides Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus airiformis Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus albicans (Nees ex Trin.) Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus aldabrensis Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus amaliae Veldkamp 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus angustifolius A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus apiculatus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus arcuatus (K.E.Rogers) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus atrovirens (Kunth) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus bahamensis Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus balansae Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus bechuanicus Gooss. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus blakei B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus bogotensis Swallen & García-Barr. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus borszczowii (Regel) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus bosseri A.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus brevipilis (Torr.) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus brockmanii Stapf 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus buckleyi Vasey 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus camporum Swallen 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus capillaris Miq. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus coahuilensis J.Valdés 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus collettii (Hook.f.) Bor 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus compactus Clayton 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus confinis (Steud.) Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus congoensis Franch. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus consimilis Fresen. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus contiguus S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus copei Verloove 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus cordofanus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hérincq ex Coss. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus crucensis Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P.Beauv. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus dinklagei Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus disjunctus B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus distichivaginatus R.W.Pohl 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus durus Brongn. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus eatonianus P.M.Peterson & Saarela 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus elatior Bosser 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus engleri Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus erectus Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus eximius (Nees ex Trin.) Ekman 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus factorovskyi (Eig) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus farinosus Hosok. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus festivus Hochst. ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus fibrosus Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus fourcadei Stent 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus geminatus Clayton 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus gloeoclados Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus hadjikyriakou (Raus & H.Scholz) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus hajrae P.Umam. & P.Daniel 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus halophilus Bosser 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus hancei Rendle 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus harmandii Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus helvola (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus hians Van Schaack 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus hintonii W.Hartley 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus humilis J.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus infirmus Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus interruptus Vasey ex Scribn. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus interruptus Vasey 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus ioclados (Nees ex Trin.) Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus ivakoanyensis A.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus kerrii Bor 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus lanuginellus Maire 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus lasiophyllus Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus latzii B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus laxus B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus lenticularis S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus linearifolius Nicora 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus linearis Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus ludwigii Hochst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus macer (Trin.) Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus macranthela Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus macrospermus Scribn. ex Beal 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus maderaspatanus Bor 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus maximus Hauman 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus megalospermus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus mendocinus Méndez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus metallicola Longhi-Wagner & Boechat 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus micranthus (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus microprotus Stapf 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus mildbraedii Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus minarum Boechat & Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus minimus Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus minor Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus minuartioides (Bornm.) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus minutus Link 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus mirabilis Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus mobberleyanus P.M.Peterson & Saarela 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus molleri Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus monandrus Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus montanus Engl. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus mopane Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus multinodis Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus multiramosus Longhi-Wagner & Boechat 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus myrianthus Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus nebulosus Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus nervosus Hochst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus nesiotioides Longhi-Wagner, R.J.V.Alves & N.G.Silva 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus niliacus (Fig. & De Not.) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus nitens Stent 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus novoguineensis Baaijens 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus nudiramus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus olivaceus Napper 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus oxyphyllus Fish 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus palmeri Scribn. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pamelae B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus panicoides A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus paniculatus (Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus partimpatens B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pauciflorus A.Chev. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus paucifolius Boechat & Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pectinatus Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pectinellus Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pellucidus Hochst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus phleoides Hack. ex Stuck. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pilifer (Trin.) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus platensis Parodi 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus potosiensis Wipff & S.D.Jones 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pseudairoides Parodi 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus pulchellus R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus quadratus Clayton 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus recurvatus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus reflexus Boechat & Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus rhizomatosus (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus rigidifolius (Trin.) Mez ex Veldkamp 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus robustus Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus ruspolianus Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus salsus Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus sanguineus Rendle 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus scabridus S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus sciadocladus Ohwi 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus scitulus Clayton 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus sessilis B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus silveanus Swallen 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus somalensis Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus spartinus (Trin.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus spiciformis Swallen 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus splendens Swallen 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus stapfianus Gand. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus stolzii Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus subglobosus A.Chev. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus subtilis Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus subulatus Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus temomairemensis Judz. & P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus tenellus (A.Spreng.) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus tenuissimus (Mart. ex Schrank) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus testudinum Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus tetragonus Bor 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus texanus Vasey 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus tourneuxii Coss. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus trichodes Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus tsiafajavonensis A.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus turkestanicus (Eig) P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus uniglumis Stent & J.M.Rattray 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus vaseyi P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus versicolor (E.Fabre) P.M.Peterson & Saarela 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus viscidus Sohns 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus wallichii Munro ex Thwaites 0 below the evidence gate
Sporobolus welwitschii Rendle 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.