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Cynodon plectostachyus, the giant star grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae).It is native to Chad, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and has been introduced as a livestock forage to California and Florida in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
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.
Star grass is a common name for several plants and ... Cynodon, a genus of nine species of grasses; Cynodon dactylon, a species of grass in the genus Cynodon ...
Common names for the genus include star-grass, [4] star lily, yellow stars, African potato, [2] and stars. [5] The genus is the largest of the Hypoxidaceae [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and has its centre of variation in South Africa, [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] where it occurs in open undisturbed grasslands. [ 8 ]
Cynodonteae is a large tribe of grasses in the subfamily Chloridoideae, with over 800 species. [1] [2] [3] [4]Like most of the subfamily, species in the tribe are adapted to warm, arid climates and use the C 4 photosynthetic pathway.
Axonopus is a genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as carpet grass. [6] They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas with one species in tropical Africa and another on Easter Island. [6] [4] They are sometimes rhizomatous and many are tolerant of periodic submersion.
It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's tail. [3] It is a member of the genus Phleum , consisting of about 15 species of annual and perennial grasses. It is probably named after Timothy Hanson, an American farmer and agriculturalist said to have introduced it from New England to the southern states in the early 18th ...
Hypoxis hirsuta, commonly known as common goldstar, [3] common star-grass, [4] eastern yellow stargrass, [5] yellow star grass, [6] or yellow star flower, [7] is a perennial ornamental plant in the family Hypoxidaceae. Sometimes this plant is placed in the family Amaryllidaceae or the family Liliaceae.