Taxon:
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 1:85. 1805
Verified:
07/06/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Bermuda grass – common couch – green couch – Indian couch – plain couch – Afrikaans
gewonekweek – Arabic
najeel – theel – French
chiendent pied-de-poule – Italian
gramina – Swedish
hundtandsgräs – Transcribed Chinese
gou ya gen –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. weed |
6 | Other | | | | | origin Old World |
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. weed)
Other
(origin Old World)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
erosion control (fide Grass VarUSA) – Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004) – Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.) – Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA; Invasive Pl Spec) –