St. Lucie was a slender dwarf plant used in Florida lawns, but it was not hardy as far north as middle Georgia. My interpretation of C . X magenissii being equivalent to C . This tri-partite interpretation of turf species relationships in Cynodon is a simplified classification based on incomplete knowledge.
Cytological evidence suggests that C .
Taxonomy of bermudagrass is helpful in understanding its breeding development. Early selection work emphasized C . Probably much of the germplasm base for early selections was from seeded plantings. The first test plantings were reported to have been made around 1918 at East Lake Country Club by C. V. Piper of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Additional clones were selected by golf course superintendents in the United States and the Republic of South Africa.