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Taxon:
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers. var.
aridus
J. R. Harlan & de Wet
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
103629
Place of publication:
Crop Sci. (Madison) 9:774. 1969
Verified:
12/18/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers.
(23 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers. var.
afghanicus
J. R. Harlan & de Wet
(0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers. var.
coursii
(A. Camus) J. R. Harlan & de Wet
(0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers. var.
dactylon
(0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers. var.
elegans
Rendle
(0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon
(L.) Pers. var.
polevansii
(Stent) J. R. Harlan & de Wet
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
de Wet, J. M. J. & J. R. Harlan.
1970. Biosystematics of
Cynodon
L. C. Rich. (Gramineae). Taxon 19:567.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Harlan, J. R. et al.
1970. A guide to the species of
Cynodon
(Gramineae). Bull. Oklahoma Agric. Exp. Sta. B-673:16.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
mentions
Common names
English
giant Bermuda grass –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zambia
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Israel
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Animal food
forage
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmental
erosion control
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmental
lawn/turf
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Weed
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Name
References