Sporobolus caespitosus

Sporobolus caespitosus is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is endemic to Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic Ocean, where it is known only from the weather side of the Green Mountain area, where it occupies an area of less than 0.5 km². It inhabits the vertical and sloping cinder banks of Green Mountain where very few other species are present, and seems to be adapted to the exposed conditions found at these sites. It is threatened by introduced vegetation and habitat loss.^[2]

Sporobolus caespitosus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Sporobolus
Species:	S. caespitosus
Binomial name
Sporobolus caespitosus Kunth

References

1. Lambdon, P.W.; Stroud, S.; Gray, A.; Niissalo, M.; Renshaw, O. (2012). "Sporobolus caespitosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T43926A2990843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T43926A2990843.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Gray, A.; Pelembe, T.; Stroud, S. (2005). "The conservation of the endemic vascular flora of Ascension Island and threats from alien species". Oryx. 39 (4): 449–453. doi:10.1017/S0030605305001092.

External links

• Ascension Island Government (2015) Sporobolus caespitosus species action plan. In: The Ascension Island Biodiversity Action Plan. Ascension Island Government Conservation Department, Georgetown, Ascension Island