Zoysia tenuifolia
Zoysia tenuifolia is a type of grass originally thought to be one of the native grass type to the Mascarene Island.[1][2] The epithet tenuifolia is commonly used to describe plant specimens in Mascarene Islands and Zoysia tenuifolia is also called Mascarene grass. Z. tenuifolia is not widely used as a general lawn grass due to its slow growth rate.
| Zoysia tenuifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Zoysia |
| Species: | Z. tenuifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoysia tenuifolia Thiele | |
References
- Oh, Jun-Suk; Lee, Yu-Jin; Lee, Sang-Kook (2015-12-30). "Late Fall Nitrogen Application and Turf Cover for Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica) Spring Green-up". Weed & Turfgrass Science. 4 (4): 383–389. doi:10.5660/wts.2015.4.4.383. ISSN 2287-7924.
- "Zoysia tenuifolia Willd. ex Thiele, Mascarene grass". plants.usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- "Zoysiagrass". aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu. Aggie Horticulture, Texas A&M. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- "Zoysia tenuifolia – the favourite no mow grass!". planttiles.com.au. Plant Tiles Australia. Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- Robin Powell (3 June 2014). "Zoysia makes a brilliant green no-mow lawn". smh.com.au. The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
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