Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass)

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Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Bermuda grass, Bermudagrass

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Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze
Cynodon aristiglumis Caro & Sánchez
Cynodon incompletus auct. non Nees
Panicum dactylon L.

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 21 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 5 × 7″ (13 × 18 cm)

8/28/2014 · High Road to Taos, New Mexico · By Susan M. Kent · ≈ 2½ × 4″ (6.8 × 9.9 cm) ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Cynodon	Apparently means “dogtoothed grass.” From the Ancient Greek κῠνόδων (kunódōn), variant of κῠνόδους (kunódous, “canine tooth”), a compound of κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”, stem: κῠν-, kun-) +‎ ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)
Species	dactylon	From the Greek daktylos, “a finger or toe,” possibly referring to the slender umbel-like inflorescence which is somewhat like the fingers of a hand

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Cynodon dactylon description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.