Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
Endemic to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, where limited to Crooked-Acklins (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Open areas; southeastern archipelago on Great Inagua and Acklins Island (Correll & Correll, 1982).
Comments:
For a specimen image, visit the
EOL website.
Synonyms:
Sporobolus atrovirens of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not (Kunth) Kunth.
