Sporobolus durus

Sporobolus durus
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Sporobolus
Species:	S. durus
Binomial name
Sporobolus durus Brongn.

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.

References

• Gray, A. 2003. Sporobolus durus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.