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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
Cynodon aethiopicus Clayton & Harlan	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon barberi Rang. & Tadul.	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon incompletus Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon × magennisii Hurcombe	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon parviglumis Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon radiatus Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 97 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cynodon. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 37 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 97 species names for the genus Cynodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	10.3%
◕	Synonym	81	83.5%
◕	Unplaced	3	3.1%
◕	Unassessed	3	3.1%

All names

The status of the 134 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cynodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	8.2%
◕	Synonym	117	87.3%
◕	Unplaced	3	2.2%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.2%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 97 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cynodon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	10	78	0	0	88	90.7%
	Medium confidence	0	3	0	0	3	3.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	3	3	6	6.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cynodon, are as follows: