Poaceae Barnhart
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
, legitimate, scientific
[Persoon, C.H. (1805), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1]:
85
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
187
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly]:
21
[secondary reference]
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cited as "Cynodon dactylon Richard".
[Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland]:
10
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
134
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses]:
11
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
common name:
Durban Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Bermuda Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Common Couch Grass
[n/a]
[Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species]:
10
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bermuda grass
[n/a]
common name:
Doub grass
[n/a]
common name:
Couch grass
[n/a]
[Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora]:
268
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
627
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Couch
[n/a]
[Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)]:
365
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Digitaria stolonifera Schrad.
legitimate
[Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1]:
83
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch-grass
[n/a]
[Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis]:
10
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1]:
130, Fig. 172
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch-grass
[n/a]
[Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1)]:
216
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
[Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology]:
197
[secondary reference]
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
542
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory]:
27
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch Grass
[n/a]
[Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5]:
39
[secondary reference]
[Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)]:
220
[secondary reference]
[Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales]:
78, 79
[secondary reference]
common name:
Devil Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Star Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Creeping Finger Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Indian Daub Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Bermuda Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Indian Couch
[n/a]
common name:
Swamp Couch
[n/a]
common name:
Green Couch
[n/a]
common name:
Common Couch
[n/a]
common name:
Couch Grass
[n/a]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
40
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cynodon dactylon var. pulchellus Benth.
legitimate
[Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia]:
466, Fig. 592
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
common name:
Couch grass
[n/a]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
32
[secondary reference]
[Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4)]:
141
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2]:
949-950
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26]:
61
[secondary reference]
[Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3]:
157, 193, Fig. 25A
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cynodon dactylon var. pulchellus Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Bermuda Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Green Couch
[n/a]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cynodon. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
1144
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
481
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
common name:
Couch Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Bermuda Grass
[n/a]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cynodon. Flora of New South Wales 4]:
522, pl. 29
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bermuda Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49]:
479
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest]:
310
[secondary reference]
[Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B]:
330, Fig. 111
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
common name:
Doob
[n/a]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2]:
578
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404]:
25
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia]:
217
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia]:
288, Fig. 69
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
common name:
Bermuda Grass
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
409
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
[Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Cynodon. Flora of Australia 44B]:
306
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum dactylon L.
legitimate
common name:
Couch
[n/a]
-
APC Comment:
Infraspecific taxa not recognised in WA, NSW and Island territories.
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld, CSI (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
[Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4]:
192 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bermudagrass
[n/a]
common name:
Common Couch
[n/a]
[Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2]:
374-375, photos 11-15
[secondary reference]
common name:
Couch
[n/a]