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Identification
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. [family POACEAE ]
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Entry for CYNODON dactylon (L.) Pers. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CYNODON dactylon (L.) Pers. [family POACEAE], (1805). Fig. 117.
Dactylon officinale Vill. [family ], (1786).
Gymnopogon digitatus Nees ex Steud. [family POACEAE], (1840).
Cynodon glabratus Steud. [family POACEAE], (1854).
Information
Stoloniferous sward-forming perennial with slender rhizomes; stems slender, up to 40 cm high. Racemes (2–)3–6, digitate, 1.5–6 cm long. Glumes shorter than the floret; lemma 2–3 mm long, subglabrous to silky-pubescent on the keel.
Range
N1–3; C1; S2 tropical and warm temperate regions, the most widespread of tropical lawn-grasses.
Altitude range
0–1750 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 3930; McKinnon 265; Hemming 1769; Gillett & al. 22173; Paoli 125.
Notes
Darris, domar, harfo, hrari, rys, sadeho, serdi (Som.).

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