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Taxon:  Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon



Summary
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
315474
Verified:
01/11/1990 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (6  active, 6  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (40 active accession[s])
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. 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
Basionym
Panicum dactylon L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria stolonifera Schrad.
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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  2. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  3. Harlan, J. R. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1969. Sources of variation in Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Crop Sci. (Madison) 9:774-778.
  4. Harlan, J. R. et al. 1970. A guide to the species of Cynodon (Gramineae). Bull. Oklahoma Agric. Exp. Sta. B-673:12.
  5. Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  9. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Bahama grass –
Bermuda grass –
devil's grass –
hariali grass –
quick grass –
Afrikaans
kweekgras –
French
cynodon dactyle –
grand chiendent –
German
Bermudagras –
Hundezahngras –
India
dhub –
doob –
Portuguese
capim-Bermuda –
Spanish
grama rastrera –
zacate de Bermuda –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentalerosion control Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentallawn/turf Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Weed  CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
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=315474. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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