African Bermuda-grass facts for kids

Quick facts for kids African Bermuda-grass
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Scientific classification
Genus:	Cynodon
Species:	nlemfuensis
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.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:

• Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
• Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus Clayton & J.R.Harlan

See also

In Spanish: Cynodon nlemfuensis para niños