- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Panicum dactylon L.
- Synonym(s) : Cynodon barberi f. longifolia Join
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
- Common name : Common Lawn Grass, Bermuda Grass
- Vernacular name :
- Dub, Durba (Hindi)
- Garike, Karike (Kannada)
- Arugam pul (Tamil)
- Niladurva, Durva (Sanskrit)
- Harali, Darb, Durva (Marathi)
- Belikaruka, Balikaruka, Karuka, Karukapullu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Common throughout in grasslands
- Key identification features : Stems slightly flattened, often tinged purple in color; Seed heads in a cluster of 3–7 spikes.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 26/10/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 10042
- Collection Locality : Shorapur, Gulbarga district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana : All districts of Telangana
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : All disricts of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Puducherry : All districts of Pondicherry
- Chattisgarh : All districts of Chhattisgarh
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : All districts of Madhya Pradesh
- Gujarat : All districts of Gujarat
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep Islands
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Austria, Australia, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Prov
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropical and warm Temperate regions throughout the world
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 280-281
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cynodon dactylon. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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