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Cynosurus L.

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Name scientific

Cynosurus L., Sp. Pl. 72 (1753)

Preferred name

Cynosurus L.

Linked name

Cynosurus L.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

L.

Authors

L.

Publication place

Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Year published

1753

Publication page

72

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Cynosurus L.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Cynosurus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Gramineae

Genus

Cynosurus

Subordinates

Cynosurus cristatus
Cynosurus echinatus
Cynosurus indicus
Cynosurus tristachyus

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Dog's-tail

Descriptions

Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. 2000: Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Cynosurus L.

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Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Cynosurus L.

Cynosurus L.

Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. (2000)

Cynosurus L.

Cynosurus

Mabberley, D.J. (2008)

Cynosurus L.

Gramineae Juss.

Identification keys

Identification key

Zotov, V.D. 1965: Grasses of the Subantarctic Islands of the New Zealand Region. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 5: 101–146.

Metadata

Record id

7c68c387-e4fc-426d-b15d-d98016c97b8e

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

22 January 2014

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