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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.
Cynodontia (lit. ' dog-teeth ') is a clade of eutheriodont therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian (approximately 260 mya), and extensively diversified after the Permian–Triassic extinction event.
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.
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.
Table of the Animal Kingdom ("Regnum Animale") from a facimile of the 1st edition of Systema Naturæ (1735) Animalia Paradoxa [1] (Latin for "contradictory animals"; cf. paradox) are the mythical, magical or otherwise suspect animals mentioned in the first five editions of Carl Linnaeus's seminal work Systema Naturae under the header "Paradoxa".
Every year, the Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal to another. The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ended Tuesday to begin the Year of the Snake.
The second part, cynodon, is partly derived from the Ancient Greek word κύων (kuōn), meaning "dog", and is a reference to it being a cynodont. The specific epithet schultzi honours Cesar L. Schultz, a Brazilian palaeontologist and professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul .
Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the grass family. [4] [5] [6]Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops. [1] [7]The generic name is derived from the Greek words leptos, meaning "thin," and chloa, meaning "grass," referring to the inflorescences.