Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sporobolus tenuissimus pasto
tropical dropseed
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Sporobolus
Species
tenuissimus
Subspecies
pasto
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Panicum tenuissimum Mart. ex Schrank
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sporobolus tenuissimus pasto", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2001. Accessed 4 November 2026.