Sporobolus durus

Taxobox


status = EX
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Sporobolus"
species = "S. durus"
binomial = "Sporobolus durus"
binomial_authority = Brongn.
synonyms =

"Sporobolus durus" was a species of grass in the Poaceae family, found only on Ascension Island. It is extinct due to overgrazing and displacement by invasive weeds. Its date of extinction is unknown; it was last recorded in 1886 but not looked for dedicatedly until 1998.

ource

* Gray, A. 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/43927/all Sporobolus durus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.