Vanderyst, P.H. (1922), Bulletin Agricole du Congo Belge 13: 342 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "AC, AR, région agricole littorale: Moranda, 1891 (sans no.). AC, AR, région cristalline: Matadi, Boma (1919). R, région agricole schisto-calcareuse: introduite à Kisantu, Lemfu par le père Van Namen et le frère Gillet; à Lemfu, près de l'étang, sur le digue, certains spécimens alteignet jusqu'à 1m. 20 de hauteur, 1915 (no 6,095); région agricole du Bas-Kasai: Kinshasa (probablement introduite), en sol argileux (no. 6,400); décembre 1917 (no. 7,672); Moyen-Kwilu, introduite à Leverville (nos. 6,400, 6,095)."

Clayton, W.D. & Harlan, J.R. (1970), The genus Cynodon L.C.Rich. in tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 24(1): 188, 189 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. (June 1978), A preliminary check-list of Australian grasses. Technical Bulletin, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries 3: 21 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 157 [secondary reference]

common name: African Stargrass [n/a]

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Cynodon. Flora of Australia 44B: 307 [secondary reference]

common name: Kenya Couch [n/a] common name: Bermuda Grass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cynodon lemfuensis Vanderyst nom. inval., nom. prov.

• APC Comment: Hybrids between Cynodon nlemfuensis and C. aethiopicus are known in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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