Cynosurus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Festuceae
Subtribus: Cynosurinae
Genus: Cynosurus
Species: (9)
C. balansae – C. coloratus – C. cristatus – C. echinatus – C. elegans – C. junceus – C. peltieri – C. polybracteatus – C. turcomanicus
Name

Cynosurus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 72. (1753)
Type species: Cynosurus cristatus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 72. (1753)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Falona Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 496 (1763).
Phalona echinata Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 114 (1824).

References

Linnaeus, C. von (1753) Species Plantarum 1: 72.
Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards) GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Cynosurus. Published online. Accessed 24 Sept. 2013.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Cynosurus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Cynosurus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 21.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Cynosurus. Published online. Accessed: 21. Sept. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cynosurus. .

Vernacular names
беларуская: Грэбнік
English: Dogstail
suomi: Sukapäät

Cynosurus is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. Plants in this genus are known generally as dogstail grass. They are native to the Mediterranean Basin and neighboring regions, but some have been introduced into Australia as well as North and South America.[5][6][7][8]

Species[4][9]

Cynosurus balansae Coss. & Durieu - Morocco, Algeria
Cynosurus coloratus Lehm. ex Steud. - Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
Cynosurus cristatus L. - Europe, Azores, Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
Cynosurus echinatus L. - southern Europe, north Africa, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Middle East, Caucasus, Turkmenistan; naturalized in Australia as well as North and South America
Cynosurus elegans Desf. - southern Europe, north Africa, Middle East, Turkmenistan
Cynosurus junceus Murb. - Libya
Cynosurus peltieri Maire - Algeria, Tunisia
Cynosurus polybracteatus Poir. - Algeria, Tunisia
Cynosurus turcomanicus Proskur. - Turkmenistan

formerly included[4]

Numerous names have been coined using the name Cynosurus, applied to species now regarded as better suited to other genera (Aegopogon Apera Beckmannia Bouteloua Centotheca Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Dactyloctenium Desmostachya Dinebra Eleusine Enteropogon Festuca Harpochloa Lamarckia Leptochloa Ochthochloa Oreochloa Polypogon Rostraria Sclerochloa Sesleria Sesleriella Tribolium Wangenheimia). Here are links to help you find the appropriate information

Cynosurus aegyptiacus - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus aegyptius - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus ara - Eleusine indica
Cynosurus aureus - Lamarckia aurea
Cynosurus caeruleus - Sesleria caerulea
Cynosurus capillaceus - Leptochloa chinensis
Cynosurus capillaris - Leptochloa panicea
Cynosurus capitatus - Sesleria ovata
Cynosurus carolinianus - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus cavara - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus ciliaris Raspail 1825 - Centotheca lappacea
Cynosurus ciliaris Rottler ex Hook.f 1896 - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus coeruleus - Sesleria argentea
Cynosurus coracanus - Eleusine coracana
Cynosurus coromandelianus - Dinebra retroflexa
Cynosurus cylindricus - Sesleria argentea
Cynosurus dactylon - Cynodon dactylon
Cynosurus distachyos - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus distichus - Oreochloa disticha
Cynosurus domingensis - Leptochloa virgata
Cynosurus durus Forssk. 1775 - Desmostachya bipinnata
Cynosurus durus L. 1753 - Sclerochloa dura
Cynosurus eruciformis - Beckmannia eruciformis
Cynosurus falcatus - Harpochloa falx
Cynosurus filiformis - Chloris filiformis
Cynosurus floccifolius - Eleusine floccifolia
Cynosurus glaber - Dactyloctenium glabrum
Cynosurus gracilis Cav. ex Roem. & Schult 1817. not Viv. 1824 - Aegopogon cenchroides
Cynosurus indicus - Eleusine indica
Cynosurus juncifolius - Sesleria juncifolia
Cynosurus lagopoides - Coelachyrum lagopoides
Cynosurus lima - Wangenheimia lima
Cynosurus macara - Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus macrocephalus - Sesleria ovata
Cynosurus magellanicus - Festuca magellanica
Cynosurus microcephalus - Sesleria ovata
Cynosurus monostachyos - Enteropogon monostachyos
Cynosurus ovatus - Sesleria ovata
Cynosurus paniceus - Polypogon monspeliensis
Cynosurus paniculatus - Tribolium uniolae
Cynosurus paniculatus - Dinebra retroflexa
Cynosurus paspaloides - Eustachys paspaloides
Cynosurus pectinatus - Eleusine indica
Cynosurus penicillatus - Chloris virgata
Cynosurus phleoides - Rostraria hispida
Cynosurus retroflexus - Dinebra retroflexa
Cynosurus rupestris - Sesleria caerulea
Cynosurus scoparius - Chloris radiata
Cynosurus secundus - Bouteloua curtipendula
Cynosurus sesleria - Sesleria caerulea
Cynosurus siculus - Desmazeria sicula
Cynosurus sphaerocephalus - Sesleriella sphaerocephala
Cynosurus splendens - Apera interrupta
Cynosurus tenellus - Aegopogon tenellus
Cynosurus tenerrimus - Leptochloa panicea
Cynosurus ternatus - Ochthochloa compressa
Cynosurus tristachyos - Eleusine tristachya
Cynosurus uniflorus - Cynodon dactylon
Cynosurus uniolae - Tribolium uniolae
Cynosurus virgatus - Leptochloa virgata

References

lectotype designated by Nash in N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 1: 251. 7 Jun 1913
Tropicos, Cynosurus L.
1898 illustration from Janus (Jan) Kops (1765–1849)& F. W. van Eeden, Flora Batava. Afbeelding en beschrijving der Nederlandsche Gewassen. (1898)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Long, S. Cynosurus L. Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 245 洋狗尾草属 yang gou wei cao shu Cynosurus
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Cynosurus
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
The Plant List search for Cynosurus