Summary
Verified:
01/11/1990
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
- Harlan, J. R. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1969. Sources of variation in Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Crop Sci. (Madison) 9:774-778.
- Harlan, J. R. et al. 1970. A guide to the species of Cynodon (Gramineae). Bull. Oklahoma Agric. Exp. Sta. B-673:12.
- Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- 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_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Animal food | forage | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Environmental | lawn/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.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315474.
Accessed 6 October 2024.