Taxon:  Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. aridus J. R. Harlan & de Wet



Summary
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
103629
Place of publication:
Crop Sci. (Madison) 9:774.  1969
Verified:
12/18/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. afghanicus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. coursii (A. Camus) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. elegans Rendle (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. polevansii (Stent) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. de Wet, J. M. J. & J. R. Harlan. 1970. Biosystematics of Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae). Taxon 19:567.
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. Harlan, J. R. et al. 1970. A guide to the species of Cynodon (Gramineae). Bull. Oklahoma Agric. Exp. Sta. B-673:16.
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
  9. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: mentions
  10. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English giant Bermuda grass 1 Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmentalerosion control Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmentallawn/turf Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Weed  Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.carc.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103629. Accessed 30 June 2025.