Biology:Cynodon nlemfuensis
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Cynodon
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Cynodon |
Species: | C. nlemfuensis
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Binomial name | |
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst
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Cynodon nlemfuensis, the African Bermuda-grass, is a species of grass, genus Cynodon, family Poaceae.[2][3] 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.[1] It is stoloniferous, and not rhizomatous.[4]
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
- Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus Clayton & J.R.Harlan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126195-3.
- ↑ Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (1 October 2014). "Cynodon nlemfuensis (African Bermuda-grass)". CAB International. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/86155. "Preferred Common Name: African Bermuda-grass"
- ↑ "Cynodon spp.". Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). 2020. https://www.tropicalforages.info/text/entities/cynodon_spp.htm. "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.
Wikidata ☰ Q15250963 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynodon nlemfuensis.
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