Sporobolus virginicus

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Internal ID | UUID644032c9de42e315733185 |
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.
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.
Synonyms Top
Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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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 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Language | Common/alternative name |
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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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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!Database | ID/link to page |
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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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