Sporobolus africanus

TaxID: 391790

Basic Information

Sporobolus africanus

African Dropseed, Rat-tail Grass

Sporobolus africanus, or rat's tail grass, is a true grass in the tribe Zoysieae. Sporobolus africanus is known by many common names, including African dropseed, African dropseed grass, dropseed grass, Indian rat's tail grass, Parramatta grass, rat tail grass, rat's tail, rat's tail grass, rats' tails, ratstail, ratstail dropseed, rattail dropseed, rat-tail grass, rattail grass, rattailgrass, rush grass, smut grass, smutgrass, tough dropseed, tufty grass, and tussock grass.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Sporobolus

africanus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Sporobolus africanus
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(c) Igmar Grewar@BY-NC
Sporobolus africanus
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(c) Chris Ecroyd@BY-NC
Sporobolus africanus
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(c) hlogie@BY-NC
Sporobolus africanus
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(c) victorianwalker@BY-NC
Sporobolus africanus
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(c) Igmar Grewar@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (45 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
Botswana Present —
Chile Present —
Cameroon Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Cook Islands Present —
Ecuador Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (34 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UHURU281-14 - trnH-psbA 608 Kenya 2012-10-31 0.318, 36.91
UHURU281-14 - rbcLa 553 Kenya 2012-10-31 0.318, 36.91
UHURU281-14 - ITS 308 Kenya 2012-10-31 0.318, 36.91
UHURU212-14 - trnL-F 580 Kenya 2012-07-11 0.318, 36.91
UHURU212-14 - trnH-psbA 608 Kenya 2012-07-11 0.318, 36.91
UHURU212-14 - rbcLa 520 Kenya 2012-07-11 0.318, 36.91
UHURU212-14 - ITS 308 Kenya 2012-07-11 0.318, 36.91
UHURU1451-15 - trnL-F 543 Kenya 2015-05-25 0.29241, 36.8955
UHURU1451-15 - matK 719 Kenya 2015-05-25 0.29241, 36.8955
UHURU1451-15 - ITS 229 Kenya 2015-05-25 0.29241, 36.8955
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Literature