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Sporobolus africanus
(Poaceae)

 
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Species description or overview

Sporobolus africanus information from PIER
Information on Sporobolus africanus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Sporobolus africanus
Nomenclatural information about Sporobolus africanus is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Sporobolus africanus information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Sporobolus africanus--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Sporobolus africanus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Sporobolus africanus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Sporobolus africanus
Nomenclatural information about Sporobolus africanus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Sporobolus africanus (Poaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Sporobolus africanus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Sporobolus africanus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Sporobolus africanus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Sporobolus africanus images from PIER
Images of Sporobolus africanus provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Sporobolus africanus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Sporobolus africanus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Sporobolus africanus information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Sporobolus africanus--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.


Where to see this species

Kahoolawe (Kanaloa): natural areas of Hawaii
Forest and Kim Starr provide information about the island of Kahoolawe as a natural area in Hawaii. Links to additional resources are provided, as well as links to images of plant species found on Kahoolawe.


Full-text articles

Kanaio Natural Area Reserve: biological inventory and management recommendations
Medeiros, Arthur C., Lloyd L. Loope, and C.G. Chimera. 1993. Kanaio Natural Area Reserve: biological inventory and management recommendations. Natural Area Reserve System, State of Hawaii.

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.


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