Cynodon

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Cynodon

Not to be confused with the vertebrate clade "Cynodont
Cynodont

Cynodonts, or 'dog teeth', are a taxon of Therapsids which includes modern mammals and their extinct close relatives. They were one of the most diverse groups of therapsids....
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Cynodon (Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
"Dog-tooth") is a genus of nine species of grasses

Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World

Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans in the 15th century....
. The genus as a whole as well as its species are commonly known as Bermuda Grass or Dog's Tooth Grass. This species of grass can be found in grasslands of Africa or the Savannahs of Africa (savanna).

Species species, most commonly C.

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Not to be confused with the vertebrate clade "Cynodont
Cynodont

Cynodonts, or 'dog teeth', are a taxon of Therapsids which includes modern mammals and their extinct close relatives. They were one of the most diverse groups of therapsids....
"

Cynodon (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
"Dog-tooth") is a genus of nine species of grasses
Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World
Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans in the 15th century....
. The genus as a whole as well as its species are commonly known as Bermuda Grass or Dog's Tooth Grass. This species of grass can be found in grasslands of Africa or the Savannahs of Africa (savanna).

Species
Cynodon aethiopicus
Cynodon barberi
Cynodon dactylon
Cynodon dactylon

Cynodon dactylon , also known as durva grass, Bermuda Grass, Dubo, Dog's Tooth Grass, Bahama Grass, Devil's Grass, Couch Grass, Indian Doab, Grama, and Scutch Grass, is a Poaceae native to north Africa, Asia and Australia and southern Europe....
Cynodon incompletus
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Cynodon parviglumis
Cynodon plectostachyus
Cynodon radiatus
Cynodon transvaalensis

Cultivation and uses
Some species, most commonly C. dactylon, are grown as lawn
Lawn

A lawn is an area of recreational or amenity land planted with Poaceae, and sometimes clover and other plants, which are maintained at a low, even height....
grasses in warm temperate regions, such as the Sunbelt area of the United States
United States

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where they are valued for their drought tolerance compared to most other lawn grasses. Propagation is by rhizome
Rhizome

In botany, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal plant stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes....
s, stolon
Stolon

Stolons are horizontal plant stems which grow at the soil surface or below ground. They form new plants at the ends or at the Node s. Stolons are often called runners....
s, or seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s. In some cases it is considered to be a weed
WEED

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; it spreads through lawns and flower beds, where it can be difficult to kill with herbicides without damaging other grasses or plants. It is difficult to pull out because the rhizomes and stolons break readily, and then re-grow.

It is also noted for its common use on the surface of greens on golf courses, as well as football and baseball playing fields.

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