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Cynodon plectostachyus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Cynodon plectostachyus - Developing inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Developing inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Cynodon plectostachyus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1231
Date of entry: 30.03.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Bermudagrass, Stargrass

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)

          Genus: Cynodon (1)

            Epithet: plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilger (1)

Synonyms: Cynodon ruspolianus Chiov., Leptochloa plectostachya K.Schum.

plectostachya => from gr. plektos (coil) and stachys (spike), curved and spiked racemes

plectostachyus => from gr. plektos (coil) and stachys (spike), curved and spiked racemes

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow, beige, white

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