Sporobolus fertilis(Steud.) Clayton

WFO wfo-0000901129 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-06 / obs. 182512206
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by bat (Maria Vorontsova)
fig. b bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0 1.0 / obs. 109119609
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by Tony van Kampen
fig. c Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86454771
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. d Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182533862
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. e WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98508102
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. f Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9374034
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by Tony van Kampen
fig. g Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64490675
Sporobolus fertilis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. h Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165138956

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Sporobolus fertilis is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaMalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya KoreaNansei-shotoAndaman Is.Christmas I.Nicobar Is.South China Sea
Native distribution of Sporobolus fertilis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
Christmas I. XMS
Cocos (Keeling) Is. CKI
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

Not drawn on the map: Cocos (Keeling) Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Agrostis fertilis Steud.
  • Cinna japonica Steud.
  • Sporobolus diandrus var. major Buse
  • Sporobolus elongatus var. purpureosuffusus Ohwi
  • Sporobolus fertilis var. fertilis
  • Sporobolus fertilis var. pallidiorus (T.Koyama) Hatus. ex Ibaragi
  • Sporobolus fertilis var. purpureasuffusus (Ohwi) Keng f. & X.S.Shen
  • Sporobolus indicus f. spiciformis T.Koyama
  • Sporobolus indicus subsp. pallidior (T.Koyama) T.Koyama
  • Sporobolus indicus subsp. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama
  • Sporobolus indicus var. fertilis (Steud.) Jovet & Guédès
  • Sporobolus indicus var. major (Buse) Baaijens
  • Sporobolus indicus var. pallidior T.Koyama
  • Sporobolus indicus var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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