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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	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cynodon aethiopicus Clayton & Harlan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon barberi Rang. & Tadul.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon coursii A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon diploideum Jan. Ammal	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cynodon durvillaei Raspail	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon incompletus Nees	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon × magennisii Hurcombe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon magennisii Hurcombe	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon parviglumis Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon radiatus Roth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynodon tibestica Quézel	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 88 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cynodon. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 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 88 species names for the genus Cynodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	12.5%
◕	Synonym	73	83.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	4.5%

All names

The status of the 132 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cynodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	8.3%
◕	Synonym	117	88.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	3.0%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 88 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cynodon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	11	72	0	0	83	94.3%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	4	4	4.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Cynodon is as follows: