Plants Profile for Cynodon nlemfuensis (African Bermudagrass)

General Information
Symbol:	CYNL80
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	HI I L48 I PR I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Cynodon Rich. – Bermudagrass
Species	Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst – African Bermudagrass

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Cynodon nlemfuensis . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Cynodon nlemfuensis var. nlemfuensis
African Bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis var. robustus
African Bermudagrass

Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
California Cynodon bermudagrass C list (noxious weeds)

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	UPL
Hawaii	FACU

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Great Plains	UPL