Cynodon plectostachyus explained

Cynodon plectostachyus, the giant star grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae). It is native to Chad, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and has been introduced as a livestock forage to California and Florida in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, and Bangladesh.^{[1] [2]} An aggressive competitor, it is now the most widespread grass in the New World Tropics.^[2] It is typically paired in a silvopastoral system with Leucaena leucocephala.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cynodon plectostachyus (K.Schum.) Pilg. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 17 June 2021 .
2. Web site: Giant star grass (Cynodon plectostachyus) . Heuzé . V. . Tran . G. . Salgado . P. . Lebas . F. . 30 June 2015 . Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System . Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO . 17 June 2021 . naivasha star grass .
3. Review: Strategies for enteric methane mitigation in cattle fed tropical forages . 2020 . Ku-Vera . J.C. . Castelán-Ortega . O.A. . Galindo-Maldonado . F.A. . Arango . J. . Chirinda . N. . Jiménez-Ocampo . R. . Valencia-Salazar . S.S. . Flores-Santiago . E.J. . Montoya-Flores . M.D. . Molina-Botero . I.C. . Piñeiro-Vázquez . A.T. . Arceo-Castillo . J.I. . Aguilar-Pérez . C.F. . Ramírez-Avilés . L. . Solorio-Sánchez . F.J. . Animal . 14 . S3 . s453–s463 . 10.1017/S1751731120001780 . 32807248 . 10568/109084 . 221164992 . free .