See other conspecific taxa:

• Cynodon dactylon var. afghanicus (0 accessions)
• Cynodon dactylon var. aridus (0 accessions)
• Cynodon dactylon var. coursii (0 accessions)
• Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon (0 accessions)
• Cynodon dactylon var. elegans (0 accessions)
• Cynodon dactylon var. polevansii (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Cynodon dactylon var. densus Hurcombe

Common names:

• Bermuda grass  (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat) - English
• common couch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• green couch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Indian couch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• plain couch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• gewonekweek  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
• najeel  (Source: Ill L Qatar) - Arabic
• theel  (Source: Ill L Qatar) - Arabic
• Bermuda grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• chiendent pied-de-poule  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• chiendent pied-de-poule  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• gramina  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• hundtandsgräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• gou ya gen  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Environmental: lawn/turf
• Medicines: folklore
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized




Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd]


Other (origin Old World)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=12848. Accessed 3 July 2024.