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Taxon:  Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.



Summary
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
12848
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 1:85. 1805
Verified:
07/06/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
23 (23  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. afghanicus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. aridus 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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. densus Hurcombe
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Bermuda grass –
common couch –
green couch –
Indian couch –
plain couch –
Afrikaans
gewonekweek –
Arabic
najeel –
theel –
English (Canada)
Bermuda grass –
French
chiendent pied-de-poule –
French (Canada)
chiendent pied-de-poule –
Italian
gramina –
Swedish
hundtandsgräs –
Transcribed Chinese
gou ya gen –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. weed
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalmykia 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
6Other    origin Old World
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd]
Other (origin Old World)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Animal foodforage Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Environmentalerosion control Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Environmentallawn/turf Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Medicinesfolklore Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459. URL: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Weedpotential seed contaminant Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds


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