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Sporobolus

*Sporobolus pyramidalis Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Giant Ratstail Grass. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Roadsides. Distribution: Native of the Old World Tropics.

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Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics

Taxonomy Comments: Taxonomically confused with S. jacquemontii.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Simon & Jacobs (1999); = n/a — FNA25; < Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br. var. pyramidalis (P.Beauv.) Veldkamp — WH3. Basionym: Sporobolus pyramidalis P.Beauv. 1816

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