Definition of Genus sporobolus

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sporobolus

genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus
genus Squatina
genus Squilla
genus Stachys
genus Stanhopea
genus Stanleya
genus Stapelia
genus Staphylea
genus Staphylococcus
genus Staurikosaurus
genus Steatornis
genus Steganopus

Literary usage of Genus sporobolus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1896)
"THE genus sporobolus. The species of the genus Sporobolus are nearly all western or southern. Those occurring in Iowa are characteristic western plants and ..."

2. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"... and a herb of the genus Sporobolus. The shrine was visited by messengers from Santa Clara, San Juan, San Ildefonso, Taos, Jemez, and Cochiti. ..."

3. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1904)
"The genus Sporobolus is tropical. The species found in Iowa are common southward. The 5. heterolepis reaches its best development on the prairies from ..."

4. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1904)
"... is altogether out of place in the genus Sporobolus, where its species have been placed by authors. They are no "Drop-seed" grasses at all, ..."

5. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1904)
"The genus Sporobolus is tropical. The species found in Iowa are common southward. The S. heterolepis reaches its best development on the prairies from ..."

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