Cynosurus echinatus L.
(Rough Dog’s-tail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCynosurus echinatus (Rough Dog’s-tail)
GenusCynosurus (dog’s-tails)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cynosurus echinatus (Rough Dog’s-tail) :
1: Cynosurus echinatus (Rough Dog’s-tail)
10 Jun 2004 OSGR: TR01 50° 50’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: East Kent (VC 15) England
Image 1: Inflorescence - Image 2: Inflorescence - Image 3: Inflorescences - in situImage 4: PlantsImage 5: Plants - in situImage 6: Fertile spikelet - enlargedImage 7: Fertile spikelet - enlarged (2)Image 8: Flower dissection - enlargedImage 9: Ligule and auricles - enlargedImage 10: Ligule - opened out - enlargedImage 11: Spike - branch - enlargedImage 12: Spikelet cluster - side view - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 13: Spikelet cluster - side view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 14: Sterile spikelet - enlargedImage 15: Sterile spikelet - enlarged (2)

Cynosurus echinatus (Rough Dog’s-tail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cynosurus echinatus (Rough Dog’s-tail)
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