Kunhikannan ji None of us wrote that above plant is Cynodon or Axonopus. Myself and Pankaj ji were discussing what other species are used as lawn grasses.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM, C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]>wrote: > This grass not Axonopus compressus or Cynodon dactylon it is something > else. The first one generally grows well in shaded places and with > flat short leaves and even flat stems. > kunhikannan > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:36 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think you are correct its also called carpet grass seen in many parks > > tanay > > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Zoysia japonicum ... dear > >> friends, please validate this ID. > >> Synonyms: Osterdamia japonica, Zoysia koreana > >> > >> > >> ZOY-shuh or ZOY-see-uh -- named for Karl von Zois (or Zoys), Austrian > >> botanist > >> juh-PON-ih-kuh -- of or from Japan > >> > >> > >> commonly known as: Japanese lawn grass, Korean lawn grass, Korean temple > >> grass, zoysia grass > >> > >> > >> Native of: s-e and e Asia, Australasia; naturalized / cultivated > elsewhere > >> > >> > >> ... at Nirvana Park, Powai, Mumbai 12 APR 07 > > > > > > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. >
