The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Cynodon

The genus Cynodon is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cynodon

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cynodon aethiopicus Clayton & Harlan Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon barberi Rang. & Tadul. Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon incompletus Nees Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon × magennisii Hurcombe Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon parviglumis Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon radiatus Roth Accepted H WCSP
Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 97 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cynodon. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 37 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cynodon. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 97 species names for the genus Cynodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 10 10.3%
Synonym 81 83.5%
Unplaced 3 3.1%
Unassessed 3 3.1%

All names

The status of the 134 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cynodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 11 8.2%
Synonym 117 87.3%
Unplaced 3 2.2%
Unassessed 3 2.2%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 97 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cynodon, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 10 78 0 0 88 90.7%
Medium confidence 0 3 0 0 3 3.1%
Low confidence 0 0 3 3 6 6.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cynodon, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 3 0 2 0 5 5.2%
WCSP 10 78 3 1 0 92 94.8%