Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Scientific name Sporobolus durus | Order Poales Genus Sporobolus Rank Species | |
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Similar Byttneria ivorensis, Crudia zeylanica, Sporobolus caespitosus, Blutaparon rigidum | ||
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.
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