Sporobolus alterniflorus

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The name of this species does not match your search because Sporobolus alterniflorus is indicated as the accepted name for Spartina maritima var. brasiliensis.

Family:	POACEAE
Species:	Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
Common Name:	Saltmarsh Cordgrass; Smooth Cordgrass; Saltwater Cordgrass
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, OBL (NWI)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

Family	POACEAE - Grass family
Genus	Sporobolus
Species	Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela - Saltmarsh Cordgrass; Smooth Cordgrass; Saltwater Cordgrass

Citation

Citation	Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) P.M. Peterson & Saarela, Taxon 63(6): 1236. 2014.
Basionym:	Spartina alterniflora Loisel. 1807.
Type:	FRANCE: Pyrénées Atlantiques: Sur le bord de l'Odo, à Bayonne, 20 Jun 1803, s.coll. s.n. (holotype: AV).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Dactylis fasciculata	Dactylis fasciculata Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 180. 1791.		Without data, Herb. Richard s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: US(fragm)).
Dactylis maritima	Dactylis maritima Walter, Fl. Carol. 77. 1788, non Curtis 1787.		SOUTH CAROLINA:
Limnetis glabra	Limnetis glabra (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Nuttall ex Eaton & J. Wright, Man. Bot., ed. 8. 301. 1840.	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816; Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Spartina alterniflora var. glabra	Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, var. glabra (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Fernald, Rhodora 18: 178. 1916.	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816; Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Spartina brasiliensis	Spartina brasiliensis Raddi, Agrostogr. Bras. 21. 1823.		BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Near Rio de Janeiro, s.d., Raddi s.n. (lectotype: PI; isolectotypes: FI(2 shts), PI, US(fragm)). Lectotypified by Baldini & Longhi Wagner, Taxon 55: 472. 2006.
Spartina glabra	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 95, f. 4(2). 1816.	Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Spartina glabra var. alterniflora	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott, var. alterniflora (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) Merrill, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr., U.S.D.A. 9: 9. 1902.	Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongchamps 1807.
Spartina glabra var. pilosa	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott, var. pilosa Merrill, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr., U.S.D.A. 9: 9. 1902.		NEW JERSEY: Atlantic Co.: Atlantic City, Aug 1895, Lamson-Scribner s.n. (holotype: ?; isotype: US).
Spartina laevigata	Spartina laevigata Bosc ex Link, Jahrb. Gewachsk. 1(3): 92. 1820.
Spartina maritima subsp. glabra	Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald, subsp. glabra (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) Saint-Yves, Candollea 5: 24, 49. 1932.	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816; Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Spartina maritima var. alterniflora	Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald, var. alterniflora (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) Saint-Yves, Candollea 5: 25, 53. 1932.	Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongchamps 1807.
Spartina maritima var. brasiliensis	Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald, var. brasiliensis (Raddi) Saint-Yves, Candollea 5: 25, 56. 1932.	Spartina brasiliensis Raddi 1823.
Spartina maritima var. glabra	Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald, var. glabra (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) A. Gray ex Saint-Yves, Candollea 5: 24, 49. 1932.	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816; Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Spartina merrillii	Spartina merrillii A. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 787, t. 8(3). 1933, pro hybr.
Spartina stricta var. alterniflora	Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth, var. alterniflora (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) A. Gray, Manual, ed. 2. 552. 1856.	Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongchamps 1807.
Spartina stricta var. glabra	Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth, var. glabra (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) A. Gray, Manual, ed. 2. 552. 1856.	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816; Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Spartina alterniflora	Spartina alterniflora Loisel., Fl. Gall. 719. 1807.
Spartina alterniflora var. glabra
Spartina alterniflora var. pilosa	Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, var. pilosa (Merrill) Fernald, Rhodora 18: 179. 1916.	Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott, var. pilosa Merrill 1902.
Spartina stricta var. maritima	Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth, var. maritima Lamson-Scribner, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 45. 1894, nom. illegit.	Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth, var. glabra (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) A. Gray 1856; Spartina glabra Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816; Dactylis maritima Walter 1788, non Curtis 1787.
Trachynotia alterniflora	Trachynotia alterniflora (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) de Candolle, in de Candolle & Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 5: 279. 1815.	Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur-Deslongchamps 1807.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Mobile

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 1977

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UNA00005996	Mobile	09 Oct 1977	Harvey, Denise 297	UNA Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
UNA00005986	Mobile	02 Aug 1965	Deramus, Rebecca D 624	UNA Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
USAM000012662	Mobile	08 Nov 1975	LeLong, Michel G. 8898	USAM Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
JSU104113	Mobile	14 Oct 1982	Whetstone, R. David 12771a	JSU Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
TROY000047151	Mobile	21 Nov 1975	Lelong, Michel G. 8933	TROY Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
TROY000047322	Mobile	08 Nov 1975	Lelong, Michel G. 8903	TROY Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
USAM000012660	Baldwin	04 Oct 1975	LeLong, Michel G. 8791	USAM Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
ALNHS00000247	Mobile	29 Aug 1998	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10413	ALNHS Sporobolus alterniflorus Loisel.
ALNHS00004346	Mobile	07 Sep 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2466	ALNHS Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loiseleur) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
USAM000012661	Baldwin	27 Sep 1975	LeLong, Michel G. 8715	USAM Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
UWAL0038183	Mobile	11 Oct 1975	LeLong, Michel G. 8834	UWAL Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
SAMF0001348	Mobile	24 Sep 1988	Davenport, Lawrence J. 2601	SAMF Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
UWAL0044302	Baldwin	05 Oct 2001	Larsen, Harry S. 777	UWAL Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P. M. Peterson & Saarela
UNA00005991	Mobile	28 Sep 1949	Harper, Roland M. 4155	UNA Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
USAM000012659	Mobile	23 Nov 1968	LeLong, Michel G. 5023	USAM Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
JSU104112	Mobile	29 Aug 1998	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10413	JSU Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
TROY000047238	Mobile	11 Oct 1975	Lelong, Michel G. 8834	TROY Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
UWAL0038418	Mobile	08 Nov 1975	LeLong, Michel G. 8903	UWAL Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela
UWAL0002181	Baldwin	29 Oct 2008	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13117	UWAL Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
JSU104114	Mobile	14 Oct 1982	Whetstone, R. David 12771b	JSU Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur
USAM000012658	Mobile	11 Oct 1975	LeLong, Michel G. 8825	USAM Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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