Cynosurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Cynosurinae
Genus: Cynosurus
Species: C. cristatus – C. peltieri – C. polybracteatus

Name

Cynosurus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 72 (1753).

Type species: Cynosurus cristatus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 72 (1753).
Note: This is a view of Cynosurus s.str. emended by Tkach et al. (2024), see Cynosurinae.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Irkutsk (introduced).
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Sakhalin (introduced).
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China Southeast (introduced).
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea (introduced).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South.
Continental: Antarctic (introduced)
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Amsterdam-St.Paul Islands, Falkland Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 72. Reference page.

Additional references

Tkach, N., Rasti, S.L. & Röser, M. 2024. Disentangling conflicting molecular phylogenetic signals in nuclear and plastid DNA of the western Eurasian-Mediterranean grass genus Cynosurus and its relatives (Poaceae subtribes Cynosurinae and Parapholiinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 201(108204): 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108204 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cynosurus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 5. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Cynosurus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sept. 2013. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Cynosurus. Published online. Accessed: 21. Sept. 2013. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cynosurus.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Грэбнік
English: Dogstail
suomi: Sukapäät