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Taxon:  Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy



Summary
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
12859
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921:281. 1921
Verified:
12/18/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
  2. de Wet, J. M. J. & J. R. Harlan. 1970. Biosystematics of Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae). Taxon 19:567.
  3. de Wet, J. M. J. & J. R. Harlan. 1971. South African species of Cynodon (Gramineae). J. S. African Bot. 37:55.
  4. Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm.
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  6. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  7. Harlan, J. R. et al. 1970. A guide to the species of Cynodon (Gramineae). Bull. Oklahoma Agric. Exp. Sta. B-673:34.
  8. Harlan, J. R. et al. 1970. Geographic distribution of the species of Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae). E. African Agric. Forest. J. 36:224.
  9. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  10. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  11. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
African Bermuda grass –
African dogtooth grass –
Bermuda couch –
Florida grass –
Transvaal quick –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentallawn/turf Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
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=12859. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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