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Taxon:  Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst



Summary
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
12856
Place of publication:
Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 13:342. 1922
Verified:
10/13/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. robustus Clayton & J. R. Harlan (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Clayton, W. D. & J. R. Harlan. 1970. The genus Cynodon L. C. Rich. in tropical Africa. Kew Bull. 24:188.
  2. de Wet, J. M. J. & J. R. Harlan. 1970. Biosystematics of Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae). Taxon 19:568.
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  6. Harlan, J. R. et al. 1970. Geographic distribution of the species of Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae). E. African Agric. Forest. J. 36:223.
  7. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  11. Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
  12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  13. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:62.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:102-104.
  16. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
African Bermuda grass –
Bermuda grass –
Rhodesian star grass –
robust star grass –
star grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:102-104.
Environmentalerosion control 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:102-104.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12856. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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