Cynodon plectostachyus

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.[1][2] An aggressive competitor, it is now the most widespread grass in the New World Tropics.[2] It is typically paired in a silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala.[3]

Cynodon plectostachyus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cynodon
Species:
C. plectostachyus
Binomial name
Cynodon plectostachyus
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynodon ruspolianus Chiov.
  • Leptochloa plectostachya K.Schum.

References
  1. "Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. Heuzé, V.; Tran, G.; Salgado, P.; Lebas, F. (30 June 2015). "Giant star grass (Cynodon plectostachyus)". Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System. Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. Retrieved 17 June 2021. naivasha star grass
  3. Ku-Vera, J.C.; Castelán-Ortega, O.A.; Galindo-Maldonado, F.A.; Arango, J.; Chirinda, N.; Jiménez-Ocampo, R.; Valencia-Salazar, S.S.; Flores-Santiago, E.J.; Montoya-Flores, M.D.; Molina-Botero, I.C.; Piñeiro-Vázquez, A.T.; Arceo-Castillo, J.I.; Aguilar-Pérez, C.F.; Ramírez-Avilés, L.; Solorio-Sánchez, F.J. (2020). "Review: Strategies for enteric methane mitigation in cattle fed tropical forages". Animal. 14 (S3): s453–s463. doi:10.1017/S1751731120001780. hdl:10568/109084. PMID 32807248. S2CID 221164992.


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