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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Sporobolus R. Br.

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Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class  Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass  Commelinidae
Order  Cyperales
Family  Poaceae – Grass family
Genus  Sporobolus R. Br. – dropseed P
 
Contains 40 Species and 42 accepted taxa overall
 
Down one level
 
Species  Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. – alkali sacaton P
Species  Sporobolus australasicus Domin P
Species  Sporobolus buckleyi Vasey – Buckley's dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus clandestinus (Biehler) Hitchc. – rough dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. – composite dropseed P
Variety  Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. var. compositus – composite dropseed P
Variety  Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. var. drummondii (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi – Drummond's dropseed P
Variety  Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. var. macer (Trin.) Kartesz & Gandhi – composite dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus contractus Hitchc. – spike dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus creber De Nardi – slender dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray – sand dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc. – Cuban dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus curtissii (Vasey ex Beal) Small ex Scribn. – Curtis' dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P. Beauv. – tussock dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus domingensis (Trin.) Kunth – coral dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus elongatus R. Br. – elongate dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus farinosus Hosok. P
Species  Sporobolus fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees – fringed dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb. – mesa dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus floridanus Chapm. – Florida dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus giganteus Nash – giant dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus helvolus (Trin.) T. Durand & Schinz P
Species  Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray – prairie dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. – smut grass P
Variety  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. capensis Engelm. – rat-tail grass P
Variety  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. indicus – smut grass P
Variety  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. major (Buse) Baaijens – smut grass P
Variety  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. pyramidalis (P. Beauv.) Veldkamp – West Indian dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus interruptus Vasey – black dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus ioclados (Trin.) Nees – pan dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth – pineywoods dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus microspermus (Lag.) Hitchc. – dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus nealleyi Vasey – gyp dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus neglectus Nash – puffsheath dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus nervosus Hochst. P
Species  Sporobolus piliferus (Trin.) Kunth – Barundi dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus pinetorum A. Weakley & P.M. Peterson – Carolina dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus purpurascens (Sw.) Ham. – purple dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchc. – Madagascar dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus silveanus Swallen – Silveus' dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus tenuissimus (Mart. ex Schrank) Kuntze – tropical dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus teretifolius Harper – wireleaf dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus texanus Vasey – Texas dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus tharpii Hitchc. – Tharp's dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood – poverty dropseed P
Variety  Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. ozarkanus (Fernald) Shinners – Ozark dropseed P
Variety  Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood var. vaginiflorus – poverty dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth – seashore dropseed P
Species  Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn. – big sacaton P

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