Cynodon nlemfuensis

Cynodon nlemfuensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Cynodon
Species:
C. nlemfuensis
Binomial name
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Vanderyst
Synonyms
  • Cynodon lemfuensis Vanderyst
  • Cynodon parodii Caro & E.A.Sánchez

Cynodon nlemfuensis, the African Bermuda-grass, is a species of grass, genus Cynodon, family Poaceae. It is native to Tropical Africa except West Africa, and widely introduced as a forage elsewhere; Hawaii, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, South America, western and southern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia. It is stoloniferous, and not rhizomatous.