Biology:Cynodon plectostachyus
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Cynodon
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Cynodon |
| Species: | C. plectostachyus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg.
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Cynodon plectostachyus, the giant star grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae). It is native to Chad, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and has been introduced as a livestock forage to California and Florida in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, and Bangladesh.[1][2] An aggressive competitor, it is now the most widespread grass in the New World Tropics.[2] It is typically paired in a silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397115-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heuzé, V.; Tran, G.; Salgado, P.; Lebas, F. (30 June 2015). "Giant star grass (Cynodon plectostachyus)". Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/468. "naivasha star grass"
- ↑ Ku-Vera, J.C.; Castelán-Ortega, O.A.; Galindo-Maldonado, F.A.; Arango, J.; Chirinda, N.; Jiménez-Ocampo, R.; Valencia-Salazar, S.S.; Flores-Santiago, E.J. et al. (2020). "Review: Strategies for enteric methane mitigation in cattle fed tropical forages". Animal 14 (S3): s453–s463. doi:10.1017/S1751731120001780. PMID 32807248.
Wikidata ☰ Q15501693 entry
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