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Bermudagrass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
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Dept. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616
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Bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.)Pers. #3 CYNDA] probably originated in tropical Africa; however, Australia, Eurasia, the Indo-Malaysian area, and the Bengal region of India/Bangladesh also have been proposed as its home (11). Although many early writers believed that bermudagrass started in India, most improved strains of Cynodon have been developed from Africian stock (15).

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Intriguing World of Weeds
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 433 - 435
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Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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