Cynodon nlemfuensis, the African Bermuda-grass, is a species of grass, genus Cynodon, family Poaceae.[2][3] It is native to Tropical Africa except West Africa, and widely introduced as a forage elsewhere; Hawaii, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, South America, western and southern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia.[1] It is stoloniferous, and not rhizomatous.[4]

Cynodon nlemfuensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Cynodon
Species:	C. nlemfuensis
Binomial name
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst
Synonyms[1]
Cynodon lemfuensis Vanderyst Cynodon parodii Caro & E.A.Sánchez

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

• Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
• Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus Clayton & J.R.Harlan

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