Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Sporobolus tenuissimus pasto (Schrank) Kuntze

tropical dropseed

Taxonomy

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

Introduction

Year of first record: 2003

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

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  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Judziewicz, E. J. (1990) Family 187. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Guianas, ser. A, Phanerog. 8: 1–727.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Laegaard, S. Peterson, P.M. (2001) 214(2). Gramineae (part 2) Subfam. Chloridoideae. Fl. Ecuador 68: 1–131.
  • Peterson, P.M. Boechat, S.C. & Veldkamp, J.F. (2001) Sporobolus. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41: 200-219.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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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.