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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Cynodon |
| Species: |
C. plectostachyus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynodon plectostachyus | |
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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]
naivasha star grass
| Cynodon plectostachyus |
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| Leptochloa plectostachya |
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