ABSTRACT
Among the most important forage crops, bermudagrass is widely used in tropical and warmer regions of the world (Burton 1965; Harlan 1970). The warm-season, sod-forming, long-lived perennial grass is also important for turf use, soil stabilization, and remediation of contaminated soils (Beard 1973; Taliaferro 2003). “Bermuda grass” or “bermudagrass” is the most widely used common name applied to plants in genus Cynodon L. C. Rich. of grass family (Gramineae or Poaceae) (Burton and Hanna 1995). The common name now widely used has an American origin. Kneebone (1966a) indicated the name is probably because of the early introductions into Georgia and the Carolinas from the West Indies. Although there is no denitive published information concerning the name source of bermudagrass, Tracy (1917) indicated that the name itself suggested it may have been introduced to America by way of the island of Bermuda.
