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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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Cynodon |
| Species: | C. nlemfuensis
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| Cynodon nlemfuensis | |
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Subtaxa
editThe following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
- Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus Clayton & J.R.Harlan
References
edit- ^ a b c "Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (1 October 2014). "Cynodon nlemfuensis (African Bermuda-grass)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
Preferred Common Name: African Bermuda-grass
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"Cynodon spp". Tropical Forages. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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. S2CID 209583450.