Cynodon dactylon

TaxID: 28909

Basic Information

Cynodon dactylon

Bahama Grass, Bermuda Grass, Bermuda grass

Cynodon dactylon, commonly known as Bermuda grass or as couch grass in Australia and New Zealand, is a grass found worldwide. It is native to Europe, Africa, Australia, and much of Asia namely Nepal's hilly regions and has been introduced to the Americas. Contrary to its common name, Cynodon dactylon is not native to Bermuda but is an abundant invasive species there. In Bermuda, it has been known as crabgrass, also a name for Digitaria sanguinalis. Other names include dhoob, d rv grass, ethana grass, dubo, dog grass, dog's tooth grass, Bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian doab, arugampul, grama, wiregrass, and scutch grass. Hybrids with Cynodon transvaalensis are known. These interspecific hybrids occur naturally through cross-pollination, but cultivars are also developed by selecting individual plants with desirable traits from seeded or vegetatively propagated stands. These cultivars are typically triploids, meaning they contain three sets of chromosomes.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Cynodon

dactylon

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) vicsteinmann@BY-NC
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(c) Kathryn Wells@BY-NC
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(c) Jaxon Lane@BY-NC
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(c) Rozetta Locksa@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Jordan A2 list 2013
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (178 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Aruba Present —
Afghanistan Present —
Angola Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_046862365.1 Chromosome 866 1050 49439 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR33251373 leaf Vegetative stage - 55731200 USA:Georgia,Griffin
SRR33251372 leaf Vegetative stage - 58054947 USA:Georgia,Griffin
DRR838626 leaf New shoots - 172101818 missing: data agreement established pre-2023

DNA Barcodes (66 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VASCB155-15 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2012-08-14 41.932, -82.513
VASCB144-15 - rbcLa 553 Canada 1898-07-24 -
TRM215-15 - rbcL 607 India - -
SZUAB309-25 - rbcLa 628 Austria 2020-09-18 47.81111, 16.796389
SPBL003-19 - rbcL 721 India 2019-04-16 23.259900000000002, 77.4126
SDH2385-14 - rbcLa 549 United States 1987-06-17 32.928, -116.56
SAFH4057-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-10-31 -26.679, 27.098
SAFH3689-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa - -26.17, 28.005
SAFH2527-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2010-12-12 -33.811, 18.364
PNG272-18 - trnL-F 600 Mozambique 2015-07-28 -
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Literature