View source for Sporobolus virginicus

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|accepted_name=Sporobolus virginicus
|accepted_authority=(L.) Kunth
|publications=
|common_names=Seashore dropseed
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Sporobolus;Sporobolus virginicus
|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 virginicus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 121
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous, stoloniferous. <b>Culms</b> 10-65 cm, erect to decumbent. <b>Sheaths</b> overlapping, margins ciliate, apices with tufts of hairs, hairs to 2 mm; ligules 0.1-0.4 mm; blades usually conspicuously distichous, 4-16 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, flat to loosely involute, glabrous abaxially, scabridulous adaxially, margins scabridulous. <b>Panicles</b> 3-10 cm long, 0.4-1.6 cm wide, contracted, spikelike, dense; primary branches 0.5-2 cm, appressed, spikelet-bearing to the base; pedicels 0.2-1.4 mm, appressed. <b>Spikelets</b> (1.8)2-3.2 mm, yellowish-white to purplish-tinged, sometimes grayish. <b>Glumes</b> subequal, ovate-oblong, membranous; lower glumes 1.5-2.4 mm; upper glumes 1.8-3(3.2) mm; lemmas 2.1-3 mm, ovate to lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, acute; paleas 2.1-3 mm, ovate, membranous; anthers 3, 1-1.7 mm, yellowish. <b>Fruits</b> not known. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Sporobolus virginicus</i> grows on sandy beaches, sand dunes, and in saline habitats, primarily along the south-eastern coast, occasionally inland. Its range extends through Mexico and Central America to Peru, Chile, and Brazil. No fruits of this species have been found despite examination of several natural populations and over 200 herbarium specimens.</p>
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name=Sporobolus virginicus
|authority=(L.) Kunth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Sporobolus
|species=Sporobolus virginicus
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