Sporobolus indicus: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
dropseed	English	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 57)
esporóobolo	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 127)
fatil	Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 36)
fisihina	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 54)
matie ngāngā‘ere	Maori (Cook Islands)	Miti‘aro Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
rat's tail grass	English	?	Sykes, W. R./West, C. J. (1996) (p. 458)
shu wei su	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)	As Sporobolus fertilis (Steudel) Clayton
smut grass	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
West Indian dropseed	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1597)
wire grass	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chinese	?	shu wei su	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)	As Sporobolus fertilis (Steudel) Clayton
Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	fatil	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 36)
English	?	dropseed	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 57)
English	?	rat's tail grass	Sykes, W. R./West, C. J. (1996) (p. 458)
English	?	smut grass	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
English	?	West Indian dropseed	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1597)
English	?	wire grass	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Miti‘aro Island	matie ngāngā‘ere	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Spanish	?	esporóobolo	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 127)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	fisihina	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 54)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	shu wei su	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)	As Sporobolus fertilis (Steudel) Clayton
?	English	dropseed	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 57)
?	English	rat's tail grass	Sykes, W. R./West, C. J. (1996) (p. 458)
?	English	smut grass	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
?	English	West Indian dropseed	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1597)
?	English	wire grass	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
?	Spanish	esporóobolo	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 127)
Miti‘aro Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	matie ngāngā‘ere	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Chuukese	fatil	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 36)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	fisihina	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 54)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chinese	shu wei su	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)	As Sporobolus fertilis (Steudel) Clayton
Chuukese	fatil	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 36)
English	dropseed	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 57)
English	rat's tail grass	?	Sykes, W. R./West, C. J. (1996) (p. 458)
English	smut grass	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
English	West Indian dropseed	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1597)
English	wire grass	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 308)
Maori (Cook Islands)	matie ngāngā‘ere	Miti‘aro Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Spanish	esporóobolo	?	Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 127)
Tongan	fisihina	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 54)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 26 Feb 2019 by PIER.