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St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), also known as buffalo turf in Australia and buffalo grass in South Africa, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.It is a warm-season lawn grass that is popular for cultivation in tropical and subtropical regions.
It is known both as buffalograss and buffalo grass, [24] though buffalo grass is also used as a common name for St. Augustine grass in Australia, [25] as an alternate name of Cenchrus ciliaris and Panicum stapfianum in South Africa, [26] and one of the names of Paspalum conjugatum in Singapore. [27] It is also occasionally called "gama grass". [18]
Buffalo grass, sweet vernal grass or vanilla grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) Buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides) Buffalo grass (Brachiaria mutica) Buffalo grass or sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata) Buffalo grass or St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) Buffalograss, another name for Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) Buffalo grass or carabao ...
Urochloa mutica, commonly known as para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, and Scotch grass, is a species of grass. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Despite its common name of California grass , [ 2 ] it does not occur in California ; [ 4 ] it is native to northern and central Africa and parts of the ...
Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass [2] or African foxtail grass; syn. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe . [3] Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai. [4] [5]
Panicum lycopodioides Bory ex Nees – false club-moss panic grass (Réunion) Panicum maximum Jacq. – Guinea grass, buffalo grass (Africa, Palestine, Yemen) Panicum miliaceum L. – proso millet, common millet (domesticated) Panicum niihauense H.St.John – lau 'ehu (endemic to Hawai'i)
Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the order Poales, known as grasses.With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, [1] the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae.
Anthoxanthum odoratum is a short-lived perennial grass, commonly known as sweet vernal grass, that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant , due to its sweet scent, and can also be found on unimproved pastures and meadows.