Cynodon plectostachyus | |
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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. plectostachyus
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Binomial name | |
Cynodon plectostachyus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Cynodon plectostachyus, the giant star grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae). It is native to Chad, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and has been introduced as a livestock forage to California and Florida in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, and Bangladesh. [1] [2] An aggressive competitor, it is now the most widespread grass in the New World Tropics. [2] It is typically paired in a silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala. [3]
naivasha star grass
Cynodon plectostachyus | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Cynodon |
Species: | C. plectostachyus
|
Binomial name | |
Cynodon plectostachyus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Cynodon plectostachyus, the giant star grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae). It is native to Chad, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and has been introduced as a livestock forage to California and Florida in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, and Bangladesh. [1] [2] An aggressive competitor, it is now the most widespread grass in the New World Tropics. [2] It is typically paired in a silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala. [3]
naivasha star grass