Cynodon nlemfuensis

Species of plant in the genus Cynodon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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Cynodon nlemfuensis
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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
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynodon lemfuensis Vanderyst
  • Cynodon parodii Caro & E.A.Sánchez
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Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
  • Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus Clayton & J.R.Harlan

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