Sporobolus montevidensis

Sporobolus montevidensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species:
S. montevidensis
Binomial name
Sporobolus montevidensis
(Arechav.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela
Synonyms
List
  • Spartina juncea var. montevidensis (Arechav.) St.-Yves
  • Spartina montevidensis Arechav.
  • Chauvinia chilensis Steud.
  • Spartina densiflora Brogn.
  • Spartina densiflora subvar. pauper St.-Yves
  • Spartina juncea var. laxiflora St.-Yves
  • Spartina patagonica Speg.
  • Sporobolus densiflorus (Brongn.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela

Sporobolus montevidensis is a species of grass known by the common name denseflower cordgrass.[1] Although reclassified after a taxonomic revision in 2014,[2] it may still be referred to as Spartina densiflora by some users. It is native to the coastline of southern South America, where it is a resident of salt marshes. It is also known on the west coast of the North America and parts of the Mediterranean coast as an introduced species and in some areas a noxious weed. In California it is a troublesome invasive species of marshes in San Francisco Bay and in Humboldt Bay, where it was introduced during the 19th century from Chile in ballast.[3]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Spartina densiflora​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ^ Peterson, PM, et al (2014) A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae), Taxon 63: 1212-1243.
  3. ^ Spartina densiflora field guide, Invasive Spartina Project