Genus Cynodon (Noun)
Meaning
Creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Cynodon a species of genus cynodon also known as Bermuda grass is a creeping perennial grass native to tropical and southern Africa.
- The stalky genus cynodon grasses are specifically well adapted to a variety of environments including wetlands and open grassy plains.
- In genus cynodon wide varieties the leaf blades grow flat or in-folded along the midrib often giving a keeled appearance when viewed from above.
- People use genus cynodon the majority of them being used as forage or turf and some have been used in land reclamation projects.
- Stolons and rhizomes are characteristic growth habits exhibited by genus cynodon allowing the species to be propagated vegetatively.