Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Axonopus poiretii Roem. & Schult.
• Basionym: Heleochloa juncea P. Beauv.
• (=) Sporobolus poiretii (Roem. & Schult.) Hitchc.

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas (e. & s.), Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (e.), Virginia (s.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas (e. & s.)]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas (?), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (?)]

References:

1. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:398.
2. Beetle, A. A. 1983. Las Gramineas de Mexico
3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:210.
5. Veldkamp, J. F. 1990. The true identity of Sporobolus poiretii (Gramineae). Taxon 39:328.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=461336. Accessed 3 July 2024.