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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cynosurus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cynosurus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Subfamilia  Cynosuroideae Link pub. Hort. Berol. 1: 198. 1 Oct-27 Nov 1827.    Tribus  Cynosureae Dumort. pub. Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 82. Jul-Sep 1824.    Subtribus  Cynosurinae Fr. pub. Fl. Scan.: 204. 1835.    Genus  Cynosurus L. pub. (1753) common name: dogstail grass

Named members of the Genus Cynosurus

1	Species  aegyptius L. syn. Dactyloctenium aegyptium
2	Species  aureus L. syn. Lamarckia aurea
3	Species  cristatus L. common name: crested dogstail grass
4	Species  durus L. syn. Sclerochloa dura
5	Species  echinatus L. common name: bristly dogstail grass
6	Species  indicus L. syn. Eleusine indica
7	Species  tristachyus Lam. syn. Eleusine tristachya
8	Species  virgatus L. syn. Leptochloa virgata

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.