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Scientific name Sporobolus virginicus
Authority (L.) Kunth
First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 67. 1829

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It is found in coastal areas, on sand dunes, and in salt marshes.

Sporobolus virginicus, commonly known as seashore dropseed, marine couch, sand couch, salt couch grass, saltwater couch, coastal rat-tail grass, and nioaka, is a species of grass with a wide distribution. It is a spreading perennial tussock grass from 10 to 50 cm (3.9 to 19.7 in) in height, with green or purple flowers. It was originally published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, under the name Agrostis virginicus, and transferred into Sporobolus by Karl Sigismund Kunth in 1829. It is found in Australia, New Zealand, many Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, Africa, India, China and Indonesia, and grows in coastal areas, on sand dunes, and in salt marshes.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agrostis affinis Schult. Mant. 2: 195 (1824)
Agrostis barbata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 75 (1805)
Agrostis congener Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 46 (1827)
Agrostis distichophylla Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 354 (1817)
Agrostis dura Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 40 (1840)
Agrostis juncea Lam. Encycl. 1: 60 (1783)
Agrostis littoralis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 161 (1791)
Agrostis pungens Muhl. Descr. Gram. : 72 (1817)
Agrostis tremula Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 372 (1797)
Aira congener Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 46 1827
Aira sabuletorum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 45 (1840)
Aira sabulonum Labill. Sert. Austro-Caledon. : 16 (1824)
Aira sabulonum var. uniflora Balansa Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 318. 1872
Aira subulorum D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 339 (1839)
Crypsis maritima Munro ex MacOwan Cape Monthly Mag. , n.s., 3(Suppl.): 7 (1871)
Crypsis virginica (L.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 49 (1818)
Podosemum virginicum (L.) Link Hort. Berol. 1: 85 (1827)
Sporobolus benthamii var. robustus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 348 (1915)
Sporobolus confertus J.A.Schmidt Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. : 142 (1852)
Sporobolus geniculatus Nees ex Aitch. Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh : 165 (1869)
Sporobolus humilis subsp. minor Veldkamp Blumea 35: 420 (1991)
Sporobolus littoralis Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
Sporobolus matrella (Nees) Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 152. 1841 [13-19 Jun 1841]
Sporobolus minutus subsp. confertus (J.A.Schmidt) Lobin, N.Kilian & Leyens Willdenowia 25: 192 (1995)
Sporobolus muehlenbergii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 68 (1829)
Sporobolus sundaicus Ohwi Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 13 (1947)
Sporobolus tremulus Kunth Révis. Gramin. i. 67.
Sporobolus virginicus subsp. littoralis (Kunth) Borhidi & O.Muñiz Bot. Közlem. 58(3): 175. 1971
Sporobolus virginicus var. littoralis (Lam.) Hitchc. N. Amer. Fl. 17: 486 (1937)
Sporobolus virginicus var. major Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 369. 1895
Sporobolus virginicus var. minor Bailey ex B.K.Simon Austrobaileya 2: 22 (1984)
Sporobolus virginicus var. pallidus Benth. Fl. Austral. 7: 621 (1878)
Vilfa barbata P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812)
Vilfa conferta Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 160 (1854)
Vilfa dura Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2): 54 (1840)
Vilfa geniculata Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 156. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Vilfa intermedia Trin. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. : 156 (1824)
Vilfa littoralis P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812)
Vilfa luxurians Steud. Berberid. Amer. Austral. : 56 (1857)
Vilfa matrella Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 400 (1829)
Vilfa murina Sieber ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 157 (1854)
Vilfa tremula Trin. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. : 155 (1824)
Vilfa virginica (L.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812)
Zoysia tremula (Willd.) B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 1254 1895
Agrostis virginica L. Sp. Pl. : 63 (1753)
Sporobolus virginicus var. minor F.M.Bailey Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Botany Bulletin 13 1896
Sporobolus virginicus var. virginicus (L.) Kunth Flora Australiensis 7 1878
Agrostis littoralis Sm. Comp. Pl. Brit. 12 1800

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Language Common/alternative name
English sand couch
English beach dropseed
English saltgrass
English seashore rush grass
English seashore rushgrass
English seashore dropseed
Hawaiian mānienie
Hawaiian manienie maoli
Hawaiian manienie mahikihiki
Hawaiian manienie akiaki
Hawaiian manienie
Hawaiian mahikihiki
Hawaiian akiaki
Hawaiian ʻakiʻaki
Hawaiian ʻaki
Hawaiian mānienie ʻakiʻaki
Hawaiian mānienie māhikihiki
Hawaiian mānienie maoli
Hawaiian māhikihiki
Hawaiian mahiki
Hawaiian aki
Vietnamese cỏ xạ tử
Chinese 盐地鼠尾粟
Chinese 鹽地鼠尾粟

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000901566
Florida Plant Atlas 885
Flora of Alabama 5063
USDA Plants SPVI3
Tropicos 25511524
INPN 630725
Flora of Italy 7763
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423010-1
The Plant List kew-444553
Open Tree Of Life 302623
Observations.org 150055
NCBI Taxonomy 751712
Nature Serve 2.153438
IUCN Red List 177364
IPNI 1198238-2
iNaturalist 169307
GBIF 2704745
Freebase /m/05b5b63
EPPO SPZVI
EOL 1115177
USDA GRIN 35393
Wikipedia Sporobolus_virginicus

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doi:10.1186/s12870-024-05084-7
PMID:38714917
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PMCID:PMC10586637
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293092
PMID:37856477
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doi:10.3390/plants12142669
PMID:37514283
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PMCID:PMC10108527
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PMID:37069648
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PMID:36756232
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PMID:36407581
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doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.944894
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doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0273258
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