Cynodon

For the genus of fishes, see Cynodon (fish).
Not to be confused with Conodon or Cynodont.

Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Cynodon
Rich. in Pers. 1805, not Brid. 1819 (a moss in family Ditrichaceae)
Type species
Cynodon dactylon
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachyachne (Benth.) Stapf
  • Capriola Adans.
  • Dactilon Vill.
  • Dactylon Roem. & Schult., pro syn.
  • Dactylus Asch., not validly publ.
  • Fibichia Koeler

Cynodon is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2] It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World, as well as being cultivated and naturalized in the New World and on many oceanic islands.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO_331181-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Richard, Louis Claude Marie, in Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum 1: 85