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|accepted_name=Sporobolus tenuissimus
|accepted_authority=(Mart, ex Schrank) Kuntze
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|common_names=Tropical dropseed
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Sporobolus;Sporobolus tenuissimus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sporobolus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sporobolus tenuissimus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 118
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual; tufted. <b>Culms</b> 30-100 cm. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, including the apices; ligules 0.2-0.3 mm; blades 5-23 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, flat or folded, glabrous on both surfaces, margins glabrous. <b>Panicles</b> (8)15-30 cm long, 3.5-8 cm wide, open, diffuse, cylindrical; lower nodes with 1-2(3) branches; primary branches 0.6-5 cm, capillary, spreading 30-70° from the rachises, without spikelets on the lower 1/2; secondary branches spreading; pedicels 0.5-5 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 0.7-1.1 mm, plumbeous to purplish. <b>Glumes</b> unequal, obovate to ovate, membranous; lower glumes 0.1-0.4 mm, occasionally absent; upper glumes 0.2-0.5 mm; lemmas 0.7-1.1 mm, elliptic, membranous, glabrous, acute to obtuse; paleas 0.7-1.1 mm, elliptic, membranous; anthers 0.2-0.3 mm, yellowish. <b>Fruits</b> 0.4-0.7 mm, pyriform or quadroid, somewhat laterally flattened, light brownish to whitish. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;S.C.;Fla.;Virgin Islands
|discussion=<p><i>Sporobolus tenuissimus</i> is native to the Western Hemisphere, and introduced to Africa and Asia. Its native distribution in the Americas is tropical, extending from southern Mexico to Brazil and Paraguay. It has been found at a few locations in the southeastern United States, at 0-100 m. It grows in disturbed areas, often occurring as a weed in gardens and cultivated fields.</p>
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|authority=(Mart, ex Schrank) Kuntze
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico;S.C.;Fla.;Virgin Islands
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Sporobolus
|species=Sporobolus tenuissimus
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