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
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Cynodon
Species:	C. plectostachyus
Binomial name
Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg.
Synonyms[1]
Cynodon ruspolianus Chiov. Leptochloa plectostachya K.Schum.

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