PI 255455 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.

Origin:

Donated – Kenya

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

11 Feb 1959

PI Assigned:

1959

Inventory Volume:

167
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.

Origin:

Donated – Kenya

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

11 Feb 1959

PI Assigned:

1959

Source History

Donated

11 February 1959.
Kenya

Donor(s):

Grassland Research Station - Kitale

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.

Genus:

Cynodon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

12857

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40:82. 1907

Verified:

07/06/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Leptochloa plectostachya K. Schum.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	giant star grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	star grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Portuguese (Brazil)	estrela-africana	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	estrella	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

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