Cynodon nlemfuensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Genus: | Cynodon |
Species: | C. nlemfuensis |
Binomial name | |
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst | |
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Cynodon nlemfuensis, the African Bermuda-grass, is a species of grass, genus Cynodon, family Poaceae. It is native to Tropical Africa except West Africa, and widely introduced as a forage elsewhere; Hawaii, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, South America, western and southern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia. It is stoloniferous, and not rhizomatous.
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:
- Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
- Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus Clayton & J.R.Harlan
References
- ^ "Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (1 October 2014). "Cynodon nlemfuensis (African Bermuda-grass)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
Preferred Common Name: African Bermuda-grass
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"Cynodon spp". Tropical Forages. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
English: African star grass, African Bermuda grass, giant star grass, robust star grass, Rhodesian star grass, star grass; Muguga star grass (Kenya)
- Brighenti, Alexandre Magno; Souza Sobrinho, Fausto; Benites, Flávio Rodrigo Gandolfi (2020). "Differential tolerance and selectivity of herbicides in forages of the genus Cynodon". Grassland Science. 66 (2): 88–94. doi:10.1111/grs.12259. S2CID 209583450.
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Cynodon nlemfuensis |
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